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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 12

Ten, Northwestern, Indiana University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Minnesota, already offer an M.A. in Religious Studies. No additional funds will be required to implement the M.A. in Religious Studies. Additional teaching requirements will be treated as part of the faculty's teaching load. Library holdings are sufficient to implement the program and will continue to be sufficient if the current rate of acquisitions is maintained. T h e interim chancellor at Urbana and the acting vice president for academic affairs concur in the senate's recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject t o further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Logan, this recommendation was approved. Designation, William L. Everitt Laboratory of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana

(7) T h e Department of Electrical a n d Computer Engineering at the Urbana campus has recommended that the Electrical Engineering Building be renamed the William L. Everitt Laboratory of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in honor of Dean Everitt, who retired in 1968 and died on September 6, 1986. Serving as professor and head of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1944 to 1949 and as dean of the College of Engineering from 1949 to 1968, Dean Everitt was recognized for his leadership as a technical innovator and as an engineering educator with a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. His classic textbook, Communications Engineering, was seminal in the establishment of electricaj communications as a recognized academic discipline; and his research and inventions were centra] to the development of electronic and radio technology during the 1930s and 1940s. During his career, Dean Everitt was elected to head each of the national and international professional societies pertinent to his discipline. H e was a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering, received the highest medals and honors of a number of professional societies, served as senior advisor t o many government agencies and to the National Academies of Science and Engineering, and was editor of a major series of electrical engineering textbooks which influenced several generations of electrical engineers. H e was the recipient of ten honorary doctorates, including a D.Sc. granted in 1969 by the University of Illinois. T h e dean of the College of Engineering and the interim chancellor at the Urbana campus concur in the recommendation as does the acting vice president for academic affairs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L o g a n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Agreement with Air Kentucky Airlines, Willard Airport

(8) Air Kentucky Airlines, Inc. (doing business as Allegheny Commuter of Indianapolis, Indiana), wishes to initiate service between Willard Airport and Indianapolis International Airport, effective December 1, 1987. Allegheny will pay the University its established landing fee of $.49 per 1,000 pounds gross landing weight. T h e agreement is for the period December 1, 1987, through June 30, 1988. Negotiations are currently in progress to provide the carrier space in the Airport Terminal Building through a separate agreement with Piedmont Airlines. T h e interim chancellor at the Urbana campus and the vice president for business and finance have recommended that the agreement described be executed; and subject t o adjustments in rates and revision in space assigned, that the vice president for business and finance be authorized to approve amendments to the agreements.