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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The nomination is made with the advice and support of the faculty and the College Executive Committee. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved. Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Urbana

(4) The chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Charles F. Zukoski, presently interim head and professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, as head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, beginning September 21, 1995, on an academic year service basis with an administrative increment of $5,000. Dr. Zukoski will continue to hold the rank of professor of chemical engineering on indefinite tenure on an academic year service basis with an annual salary for 1995-96 of $95,000, for a total salary of $100,000. He will succeed Dr. Richard C. Alkire who resigned as head to accept a position as vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College at Urbana. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and the support of the faculty, the director of the School of Chemical Sciences and the College Executive Committee. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved. Chair, Department of Educational Psychology, Urbana

(5) The chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Education, has recommended the appointment of George W. McConkie, presently acting chair and professor, Department of Educational Psychology; professor of psychology; professor, Center for the Study of Reading; and professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, as chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, beginning September 21, 1995, on a twelve-month service basis with an administrative increment of $3,000. Dr. McConkie will continue to hold the rank of professor of educational psychology on indefinite tenure on an academic year service basis with an annual salary for 1995-96 of $89,568, for a total salary of $92,568. He will succeed Dr. Rand Spiro who resigned as chair to return to full-time teaching and research as a faculty member. The nomination is made with the advice and support of the faculty and the College Executive Committee. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved. Head, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Urbana

(6) The chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Marianne E. Kalinke, presently professor of Germanic languages and literatures; professor, comparative literature; and acting head, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, as head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, beginning Septem1 Thomas B. Rauchfuss, professor of chemistry, chair; Robert B. Gennis, professor of biochemistry, of chemistry, ana interim director, Biotechnology Center; Thomas J. Hanratty, James W. Westwater Professor of Chemical Engineering and professor of chemical engineering in the Engineering Experiment Station; Johnatnan J.L. Higdon, associate professor of chemical engineering; Edmund G. Seebauer, associate professor of chemical engineering; Karl D. Wittrup, associate professor of chemical engineering.