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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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148 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 20 * * T O N Y M. Liss, associate professor, Department of Physics, "Understanding the Top Quark." The heaviest elementary particle ever observed, the top quark, has recently been discovered by a collaboration between the author and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago. The author played a key role in this discovery; his research will investigate the properties of the top quark. ALBERTO PORQUERAS-MAYO, professor, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, "The critical edition of Cisne de Apolo (Swan of Apolo), Medina del Campo, 1602 by Luis Alfonso de Carvallo." The project will prepare a critical edition of Cisne de Apolo (Swan of Apolo), Medina del Campo, 1602 by Luis Alfonso de Carvallo. It is one of the most important treatises on poetical theory in the Spanish Golden Age. **GENE E. ROBINSON, associate professor, Department of Entomology, "Molecular Genetic Analyses of Behavior." A challenging problem in biology is to understand how genetic and environmental factors act on the brain to regulate the development of complex behavior. The goal of this project is to characterize a gene that is thought to play a key role in the regulation of complex behavior. DAVID SANSONE, professor, Department of the Classics, "Plato and Euripides." The study proposes to document and examine the influence exercised by the fifthcentury Greek dramatist Euripides on his younger contemporary, the philosopher Plato. (**These faculty members have been recommended for appointment as Beckman Associates in the Center for Advanced Study named for the donor of a gift which permits additional recognition for outstanding younger associate candidates who have already made distinctive scholarly contributions.) On motion of Dr. Gindorf, these appointments were approved. Appointments to the Advisory Board, Division of Specialized Care for Children, Chicago (2) In 1957, the Illinois General Assembly created an Advisory Board for the Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) to advise administrators of the University of Illinois and of DSCC. The Board of Trustees appoints the members of the advisory board. The chancellor at Chicago recommends the following reappointments to the advisory board for DSCC for terms ending June 30, 1998: DAVID A. BRISTOW, M.D.; president, Marshall Clinic, Effingham, Illinois; pediatrician; past president, Effingham County Board of Health; current chairman, DSCC Advisory Board JOHN R. FISK, M.D.; associate professor of surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; orthopaedic surgeon GEORGE R. HONIG, M.D., Ph.D.; professor and chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine; pediatric hematologist RICHARD D. PENN, M.D.; professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Rush Medical College; neurological surgeon; consultant, FDA Bureau of Medical Devices and Drugs; member, FDA Panel on Peripheral and Nervous System The vice president for academic affairs recommends approval. I concur. On motion of Dr. Gindorf, these appointments were approved. Honorary Degrees, 1995, Chicago (3) The senate at the Chicago campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 7, 1995:
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