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Chicago, on 25 percent time, January 16-June 30, 1987, and director of ISIS Project Office, 100 percent time, beginning July 1, 1987, at an annual salary of $42,000. THOMAS E. DARRAOH, director of Telecommunications, Urbana, beginning April 1, 1987 (NY), at an annual salary of $58,000. KENNETH M. SMYTHE, associate university counsel, beginning March 16, 1987 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $67,000. O n m o t i o n of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e confirmed.

Appointment of Fellows, Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(5) On recommendation of the director of the Center for Advanced Study, and with the concurrence of the dean of the Graduate College, the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the following appointments of fellows in the Center for Advanced Study for one semester of the academic year 1987-88 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. Fellows 1 GREGORY S. GIROLAMI, assistant professor of chemistry, to design and construct an improved high-vacuum apparatus for the synthesis of thin films of titanium carbide. PHILIP GRAHAM, assistant professor of English, to complete a book of short stories entitled, "Interior Design." MOLLY MACK, assistant professor of linguistics and in the Division of English as a Second Language, to do research for a book entitled, "Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic and Neurolinguistic Aspects." RAJESHWARI PANDHARTPANDE, assistant professor of religious studies, comparative literature, and linguistics, to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework to characterize the form and content of the language of religion. ELKE U. WEBER, assistant professor of psychology, to provide a new formal model of human decision making — how real people make real decisions. Beckman Fellows DONALD P. BRISKIN, assistant professor of plant physiology in agronomy, to do research concerning the mechanism of the plant plasma membrane ATPase in the physiology of plant cells. JOSEPH W. LYDING, JR., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, to conduct research on the structural and electronic properties of surfaces using the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). GREGORY A. MILLER, assistant professor of psychology, to study early detection of individuals at "high risk" for schizophrenia and affective psychosis. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . Gravenhorst, these appointments w e r e approved.

Honorary Degrees, Chicago

(6) The senate of the Chicago campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercise on June 14, 1987:

1 Fellows in the crater are nominated fay their department heads and selected on the recommendation of an advisory selection committee (or one-semester appointments. Fellowships are awarded (or independent work in all fields of die social and natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. Those eligible for nomination are untenured, tenure-track faculty members at the Urhana-flhampaiga campus.