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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 14

Administrative Leaves, 1988-89

(10) I n accord with the plan for administrative leaves approved by the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1973, 1 the president of the University, the chancellor at Chicago, and the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign recommend leaves for those listed below,

Urbana-Champaign

JACK RILEY, assistant dean of the College of Law since May 21, 1975, has requested leave for the period August 15 through December 14, 1988. H e will analyze British academic unionisms as a possible model for Illinois state universities. T h e research will be done at seven universities in Great Britain and at union headquarters in London. RALPH W. TRIMBLE, director of the Counseling Center since March 2, 1981, has requested leave for the period January 20 through May 19, 1989. He will study the development of values in college students in order to increase the ability of counselors to help students make good decisions.

Chicago

HENRI RICHARD MANASSE, J R . , dean of the College of Pharmacy since December 1981, has requested leave for the period July 1 through October 31, 1988. He will serve as a senior policy fellow and visiting professor at the University of Maryland, Medical Center Campus Center of Drugs and Public Policy, for the purpose of developing a comprehensive public policy framework on the broad subject of drug misadventuring.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these leaves were granted as recommended. Appointment of Fellows, Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(11) O n recommendation of t h e 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 t h e following appointments of fellows in the Center for Advanced Study for one semester of t h e academic year 1988-89 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case.

Fellows2

MARCIA BARON, assistant professor of philosophy, to complete a book on a reappraisal of Kantian ethics. LEON CHAI, assistant professor of English, to complete a book entitled Aestheticism. WAYNE PITARD, assistant professor of religious studies, to carry out research concerning "Ancient Israelite and Canaanite Concepts of Death and Afterlife." OLGA SOFFER-BOBYSHEV, assistant professor of anthropology, to complete data analyses and write u p research conclusions on Upper Paleolithic adaptations and cultural practices at the multiple sites of Dolni Vestonice in Moravia, Czechoslovakia, occupied some 26,000 years ago. STEVEN ZIMMERMAN, assistant professor of chemistry, to conduct research on principles of molecular recognition.

1 The plan provides for paid leaves of two to four months for, certain administrative officers "to keep abreast of developments in their professions and to find time to design new approaches to their tasks." 3 Fellows in the center are nominated by their department heads, and selected on recommendation of an advisory selection committee for one-semester appointments. Fellowships are awarded for independent work in all fields of the social and natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. Those eligible for nomination are untenured, tenure-track faculty members at the Urbana-Champaign mmpm