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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 15

DAVID N. HENDRICKSON, professor of chemistry, for one semester, to investigate electron dynamics of transition metal compounds in the solid state. JAMES B. KALER, professor of astronomy, for one semester, to study and to prepare a monograph on the central stars of planetary nebulae. YOSHTMITSU OOUKA, professor of meteorology in atmospheric sciences, for two semesters, to carry out meteorological studies of heavy convective precipitation. TOM A. O'HALLORAN, JR., professor of physics, for two semesters, to continue experiments in search of neutrino oscillations. ANDREW J. ORTONY, professor of educational psychology, and in the Center for the Study of Reading, for one semester, to carry out research on the cognitive foundations of emotions. ALEXANDER L. RINGER, professor of music, for two semesters, to continue research on a monograph entitled, Arnould Schoenberg and His Time. EVELYN SATTNOPT, professor of psychology, for one semester, to carry out research on thermoregulation and sleep disorders in the human illness, anorexia nervosa. RICHARD L. SGHACHT, professor of philosophy and chairperson of the department, for one semester, to complete a book on human nature entitled, Philosophical Anthropology. EMTLE J. TALBOT, professor of French, for one semester, to complete his book entitled, French Romantic Aesthetics, 1800-1850. ROBERT S. WYER, JR., professor of psychology, for one semester, to carry out research on the development and test of a model of social information processing. REINER T. ZUTDEMA, professor of anthropology, for one semester, to carry out anthropological studies of Inca art and dress code (Peru) at the time of the Spanish conquest. Beckman Associates The chancellor at Urbana also has recommended the appointment of the following faculty members as Beckman Associates, named for the donor of a gift which permits additional recognition for outstanding younger associate candidates who have already made distinctive scholarly contributions. MAY R. BERENBAUH, associate professor of entomology, for one semester, to conduct a project on "Biochemical Mechanisms of Insect Resistance to Plant Photosensitizing Chemicals." DANIEL R. GRAYSON, associate professor of mathematics, for two semesters, to carry out research in algebraic K-theory. BENTTA S. KATZENELLENBOGEN, professor of physiology and biophysics in the College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, for one semester, to conduct research on mechanisms by which antiestrogens may be effective in controlling breast and uterine cancers. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r s . Gravenhorst, these a p p o i n t m e n t s were approved.

Honorary Degrees, Urbana

(7) The senate at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 24, 1987: DONALD WILLIAM KERST, E. M. Terry Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison — the degree of Doctor of Science. CHARLES MERIEUX, honorary president, Foundation Marcel Merieux •— the degree of Doctor of Science. CHESTER G. STARR, Bentley Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan — the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.