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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

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and with the concurrence of the dean of the Graduate College, the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the following appointments of associates in the Center for Advanced Study for the academic year 1985-86 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. GORDON A. BAYM, professor of physics, for two semesters, to do research on the physics of ultra-relativistic, heavy-ion collisions. ROBERT M. COATES, professor of chemistry, for one semester, to carry out studies on the mechanism of terpene biosynthesis and the chemistry of nitrones. MICHAEL G. H. COLES, professor of psychology, for one semester, to carry out research on event-related brain potentials and cognitive processes. ROBERT M . FOSSUM, professor of mathematics, for two semesters, to carry out mathematical research in the areas of representation theory and commutative algebra. DANIEL D. GAJSKI, associate professor of computer science, for two semesters, to carry out research and development on expert systems for designing Very Large Scale Integration semiconductor chips. HAROLD A. GOULD, professor of anthropology, for two semesters, to write a book entitled, U.S.-Indian Relations: the Politics of Pique. GEORGIA M. GREEN, associate professor of linguistics, for one semester, to carry out research on pragmatics and conversational analysis. RICHARD I. GUMPORT, associate professor of biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry and in the College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, for two semesters, to carry out studies on the role of DNA in the biochemistry of site-specific recombination. GEORGE H. MILEY, professor of nuclear engineering, for one semester, to develop new and creative ways to achieve advanced fuel fusion as a long-range energy source. CARY R. NELSON, professor of English in the Department of English and of criticism and interpretive theory in the School of Humanities, for two semesters, to complete the manuscript of a book entitled, Reading Criticism: The Literary Status of Critical Discourse. BRUNO NETTL, professor of music, for two semesters, to carry out studies in ethnomusicology, including completion of a monograph on the system of ideas about music held in a tribal society. KARL M. NEWELL, professor of physical education in the Department of Physical Education and in the Institute for Child Behavior and Development, for two semesters, to carry out research on human action: coordination, control, and skill. ROBERT SCHOEN, professor of sociology, for one semester, to carry out research on who marries whom: an analysis of contemporary marriage. GREGORY E. STILLMAN, professor of electrical and computer engineering, for one semester, to carry out optical studies of residual impurities and defects in highpurity compound semiconductors. DAVID L. STOCUM, professor of genetics and development, for two semesters, to study the cellular and molecular basis of pattern regulation in regenerating limbs.

Beckman Associate

T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign also has recommended the appointment of the following faculty member as a Beckman Associate, named for the donor of a gift which permits additional recognition for outstanding younger associate candidates who have already made distinctive scholarly contributions. JACOB ABRAHAM, professor of electrical and computer engineering and research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for one semester, to study the use and applicability of compound semiconductor technology in the design of high performance computer architectures.