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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 11

Honorary Degrees, 1996, Chicago

(8) On the advice of the senate at the Chicago campus, the interim chancellor has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 5, 1996: VAN RENSSELAER POTTER, inventor and author — the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. NAWAL EL SAADAWI, physician and author — the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, these degrees were authorized as recommended.

Honorary Degrees, 1997, Urbana

(9) On the advice of the Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees at the UrbanaChampaign campus, the chancellor has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 18, 1997: RUDOLPH A. MARCUS, research scientist and educator — the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. ROBERT L. METCALF, renowned entomologist — the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. ARNOLD R. WEBER, scholar, public servant, and academic leader — the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, these degrees were authorized as recommended.

Appointments to the Faculty

(10) The following new appointments to the faculty at the rank of assistant professor and above, and certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated. A — Indefinite tenure N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a professor or associate professor Y — Twelve-month service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure. Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

Chicago

ROSETTA COLEMAN, assistant catalog librarian and assistant professor, University Library, beginning March 1, 1996 (NY), at an annual salary of $31,100. JUDITH A. COOK, professor of sociology in the Department of Psychiatry, College of