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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 3 through 16 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(3) T h e Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to 1,133 candidates who passed the uniform written examination on November 7-9, 1984, in Illinois and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983, as amended. The names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded under Section 5 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983 to fourteen candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked certified public accountant certificates obtained by passing the uniform written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision. The names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. T h e Committee on Accountancy, pursuant to Rule 15(d) of the Regulations, also recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to twenty-five candidates who wish to transfer the examination credit earned by passing the uniform written examination in another state and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983, as amended. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , t h e s e certificates w e r e a w a r d e d .

Head, Department of Computer Science, Urbana

(4) T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the acting dean of the College of Engineering, has recommended the appointment of Charles W. Gear, presently professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and applied mathematics, as head of the Department of Computer Science, beginning August 21, 1985, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $76,500. Dr. Gear will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Professor James N. Snyder who has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the faculty of the department. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Appointments to the Faculty

(5) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of assistant professor

1 Ralph O. Simmons, professor of physics and head of the department, chairman; Kenneth I. Appel, professor of mathematics; Geneva G. Belford, professor of computer science; Edward S. Davidson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and research professor of computer science and in the Coordinated Science Laboratory; Nachum Derehowitz, associate professor of computer science; Samuel N. Kamin, assistant professor of computer science; William J. Kubitz, associate professor of computer science; Duncan H. Lawrie, professor of computer science; Chung Laung Liu, professor of computer science.