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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 8

Representatives to External Boards University of Illinois Foundation Thomas R. Lamont Civil Service Merit Board Jeffrey Gindorf Susan L. Gravenhorst Martha R. O'Malley University of Illinois Alumni Association Susan L. Gravenhorst

NEW BUSINESS

There was no business presented under this aegis.

REGULAR AGENDA

The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 1 through 7 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.)

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine at Rockford, Chicago

(1) T h e interim chancellor at Chicago, after consultation with the dean of the College of Medicine and with the Executive Committee of the department, has recommended the appointment of Lawrence D. Frenkel, presently professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and director, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, as chair of the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine at Rockford, beginning July 1, 1996, on a twelve-month service basis with an administrative increment of $20,000. Dr. Frenkel will also be appointed as professor of pediatrics, College of Medicine at Rockford, on indefinite tenure on a twelve-month service basis with an annual salary of $107,000 and as physician surgeon in pediatrics, College of Medicine at Rockford, on a twelve-month service basis with an annual salary of $53,000, for a total salary of $180,000. Dr. Frenkel will succeed Dr. Donald H. Wortmann, who has served as chair since 1987. Dr. Wortmann will be retiring from the University. This recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee, 1 and after consultation with the faculty of the department. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs.

1 Ronald S. McCord, assistant professor of family and community medicine, College of Medicine at Rockford, chair; Frank Chmelik, physician surgeon and clinical associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and clinical associate professor of medicine, College of Medicine at Rockford; Frederick W. Church, clinical assistant professor of surgery, College of Medicine at Rockford; Danton S. Dungy, M4 student; Billie S. Lin, family practice resident; Donald MacLean, associate professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry, and physician surgeon, College of Medicine at Rockford; Michael J. Potts, physician surgeon and assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, and director, Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine at Rockford.