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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 19

fessor of health resources management, School of Public Health, as dean of the School of Public Health, effective July 20, 1978, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $50,000. Dr. Diefenbach will continue to hold the rank of professor of health resources management on indefinite tenure in the School of Public Health. H e will succeed Dr. Paul Q. Peterson, who resigned from the deanship on February 24, 1977. Dr. Alan Donaldson served as acting dean until his resignation in November 1977. The recommendation is made on the advice of a search committee 1 and is supported by the executive committee of the School of Public Health. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this appointment was approved.

Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana

(6) The dean of the College of Agriculture has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Raymond G. Cragle, presently professor and head of the Department of Dairy Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as professor of dairy science on indefinite tenure, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and associate dean of the College of Agriculture, beginning September 21, 1978, on a twelve-month service basis, at a salary of $47,000. Dr. Cragle will succeed Dr. Glenn W. Salisbury, who is retiring effective August 31, 1978. T h e nomination is made with the advice of a search committee, 1 the department heads in the College of Agriculture, and representatives of the college's Research Policy and Faculty Executive Committees. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation, and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Head, Department of Marketing, Chicago Circle

President Corbally withdrew for further consideration a recommendation for the position indicated. This action was taken following comment from the floor (by a member of the search committee) concerning the individual's qualifications and the procedures followed in developing the recommendation.

Appointments to the Faculty

(7) T h e following new appointments to the faculty of 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.

1 William J. Grove, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and professor of surgery, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, chairperson; Bernard H. Baum, professor of health resources management, School of Public Health; Bertram W. Carnow, professor of occupational and environmental medicine, School of Public Health, and professor of preventive medicine and community health, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine; Arthur H. Wolff, professor of environmental health sciences, School of Public Health, and acting associate dean, School of Public Health. 2 Earl R. Swanson, professor of farm management and production economics, chairperson; James W. Gerdemann, professor of plant pathology in the Departments of Agronomy, Forestry, and Plant Pathology; Kenneth E. Harshbarger, professor of nutrition and head of the Department of Dairy Science- Barbara P. Klein, assistant professor of foods and nutrition; Stevenson Moore III, professor of agricultural entomology; Errol D. Rodda, professor of agricultural engineering and food engineering; Diego Segre, professor of veterinary research; Fred \V, Slife, professor of crop production.