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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The nomination is made after consultation with the Urbana-Champaign Senate Council. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Calder, this appointment was approved. Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana

(2) The chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Donald J. Wuebbles, presently atmospheric scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, as head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, beginning August 21, 1994, with an administrative increment of $3,000 for the academic year. Dr. Wuebbles will also be appointed professor of atmospheric sciences with indefinite tenure, on an academic year service basis at an annual base salary for 1994-95 of $90,000, for a total salary of $93,000. He will succeed Dr. Mankin Mak who resigned as head to return to full-time teaching and research as a faculty member. Dr. Robert B. Wilhelmson has served as acting head since August 21, 1993. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee, 1 and the support of the faculty and the college Executive Committee. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Calder, this appointment was approved.

Purchases

(3) The president submitted, with his concurrence, a purchase recommended by the director of purchases at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for business and finance for equipment for the College of Veterinary Medicine. The purchase was from institutional funds. The term designates funds received by the University under contracts with the United States government, private corporations, and other organizations; grants from foundations, corporations, and other donors; and University revolving funds authorized by law. The amount of this purchase was $137,390. A copy of the purchase, with supporting information (including the quotations received), was sent to each member of the board in advance of the meeting. A copy is being filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, the purchase recommended was authorized by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar, Mr. Grabowski, Mr. Lamont. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Didato-Castillo; absent, Mr. Rose.) There being no further business, the board adjourned.

MICHELE M. THOMPSON

KENNETH R. BOYLE

Secretary

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Chair

Chung Laung Liu, professor of computer science, chair; Ronald J. Adrian, professor of theoretical and applied mechanics and of mechanical engineering; Kennetn V. K. Beard, professor of meteorology and principal scientist, Illinois State Water Survey; Steven J. Franke, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Walter A. Robinson, associate professor of meteorology; Michael E. Schlesinger, professor of meteorology; John E. Walsh, Jr., professor of meteorology.