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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Appointment of Professors to the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(3) The chancellor at Urbana, upon the recommendation of the dean of the Graduate College and vice chancellor for research, in consultation with the professors in the center, has recommended the following faculty members for appointment as professors1 in the Center for Advanced Study: MAY R. BERENBAUM, professor of entomology (effective March 21, 1996) JIRI JONAS, professor of chemistry (effective March 21, 1996) The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, these revisions were approved. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Urbana

(4) The chancellor at Urbana has recommended the appointment of Patricia E. Askew, currently director, Office of Admissions and Records and interim vice chancellor for student affairs, as vice chancellor for student affairs, beginning February 9, 1996, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $120,000 for the balance of the current year and for 1996-97. Ms. Askew succeeds Dr. Stanley R. Levy, who became a full-time member of the faculty of the College of Education, Urbana. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee. 2 The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved.

Head, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics,3 College of Associated Health Professions, Chicago

(5) The interim chancellor at Chicago, after consultation with the dean of the College of Associated Health Professions, has recommended the appointment of Shiriki Kinika Kumanyika, presently professor of epidemiology and associate director of epidemiology, Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, as head of the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, beginning April 1, 1996, on a twelve-month service basis with an administrative stipend of $10,000. Dr. Kumanyika will also be appointed as professor of human nutrition and dietetics in the College of Associated Health Professions on indefinite tenure on a twelve-month service basis, and as chief of service in the Department of Food Service and Dietetics, University of Illinois Hospital, with an

1 Professors in the Center for Advanced Study (Center) are permanent members of the center community, chosen for their outstanding scholarship. Appointment to a professorship in the center is the highest recognition that the campus can bestow upon a member of its faculty. Center professors continue to serve as full members of their home departments. Concurrently, the professors in the center are: Gordon Baym, Donald Burkholder, Maurice Friedberg, Wolfgang Haken, Ian Hobson, Nick Holonyak, Braj Kachru, Paul Lauterbur, Anthony Leggett, Charles Shchter, Jack Stillinger, Michio Suzuki, Carl Woese, and Peter Wolynes. 2 Richard P. Wheeler, professor and head, Department of English, chair, Adedeji A. Akinkunle, undergraduate student, College of Engineering; Ollie Watts Davis, associate professor, School of Music; Jesus Garcia, professor of curriculum and instruction; Benjamin D. Halperin, raduate student, Department of Mathematics; Jo Ann F. Hodges, assistant dean, College of iberal Arts and Sciences; Susan Maul, director, Illini Union; Burks Oakley II, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Roscoe L. Pershing, professor of agricultural engineering and associate dean, College of Engineering; Kartik Tamhane, undergraduate student, College of Commerce and Business Administration; Dennis O. Vidoni, clinical counselor, Counseling Center; Harriett F Weatherford, associate vice chancellor for research; Melissa A. Weber, undergraduate student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 3 Approval was given by the Board of Trustees in July 1995, to appoint another individual to this position. She later withdrew, and it became necessary to enter negotiations with Dr. Shiriki K. Kumanyika.

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