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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 11

will also be appointed as professor of public administration on indefinite tenure on an academic year service basis. Dr. Cope will succeed Dr. Alexander Casella, who will return to the faculty as of July 16, 1996. This recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee, 1 and after consultation with the faculty of the school. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved. Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Urbana

(5) The chancellor at Urbana has recommended the appointment of David L. Chicoine, presently professor of agricultural and consumer economics, professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and interim dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, as dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, beginning April 15, 1996, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual rate of $130,000. In addition, Dr. Chicoine will receive an administrative increment on a twelve-month service basis at an annual rate of $10,000 during his service as dean, for a total salary of $140,000. He will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure in both the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs on an academic year service basis. Professor Chicoine succeeds Dr. W. R. Gomes, who resigned the deanship to assume an appointment as vice president in the University of California system on August 20, 1995. Dr. Chicoine has been serving as interim dean since August 21, 1995. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee, 2 the College Executive Committee, faculty, and students of the college. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

1 Stephen J. Schwark, associate professor of political studies, chair; Carol Esarey, senior training coordinator; Nancy Ford, director of the Institute for Public Affairs and associate professor of legal studies; Hugh Harris, director, Whitney M. Young Fellowship Program and associate professor of labor relations, Bryan Lambert, radio operations supervisor; Lindsay Palmer, undergraduate student in political studies; Rosamond Robbert, associate professor of gerontology. 2 Charles G. Miller, professor of microbiology and head, Department of Basic Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign and professor and head, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, chair; David H . Baker, professor of animal sciences; Loren E. Bode, professor and head, Department of Agricultural Engineering; Sara U. Douglas, associate professor of textiles-apparel marketing, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics; John W. Erdman, Jr., professor of food science and human nutrition and director, Division of Nutritional Sciences; Kaquel Ann Lacey, undergraduate student in agriculture; Brent A. McBride, associate professor of human development, Department of Human and Community Development; Michael Jacob Plewa, professor and interim director, Institute for Environmental Studies; James B. Sinclair, professor of crop sciences; Mary Ann Smith, professor of plant physiology, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences; Meven T. Sonka, professor of agricultural and consumer economics; Jesse C. Thompson, assistant dean for academic programs, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; Christine M. Todd, associate professor of child development extension, Department of Human and Community Development; Victor E. O. Valli, professor of veterinary pathobiology and dean, College of Veterinary Medicine.