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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 18

On motion of Mr. Howard, these leaves were granted as recommended.

Appointments to the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(10) 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 1985-86 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case.

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JAMES R. BARRETT, assistant professor of history, to work on a social and political biography of the American labor leader and bolshevist William Z. Foster. ADAM T. MARTINSEK, assistant professor of mathematics, to do research on multistage estimation, grouping of problems in Stein estimation, and adaptive sequential methods. GREGORY K. OGILVIE, assistant professor of veterinary clinical medicine, to work on experimental and clinical evaluation of selective ultrasound hyperthermia. JANET L. SMARR, assistant professor of comparative literature in the Program in Comparative Literature, to complete a study of Boccaccio's role in the early Renaissance revival of pastoral poetry. Beckman Fellows BRIAN H. ROSS, assistant professor of psychology, to do research on the role of reminding in learning. ROBERT A. SCOTT, assistant professor of chemistry, to do research on the effects of distance and environment on electron transfer in biochemical systems. The vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , these a p p o i n t m e n t s were approved.

Appointment of Professor, Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(11) The dean of the Graduate College and vice chancellor for research at UrbanaChampaign, in consultation with the director of the Center for Advanced Study and the professors in the center, has recommended the following faculty member for appointment as professor in the Center for Advanced Study, effective August 21, 1985: ANTHONY J. LEGGETT, John D. MacArthur Professor in Physics Professors in the center are chosen from among the most distinguished, productive, and widely recognized scholars at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Appointment to a professorship in the center is the highest recognition that the campus can bestow upon members of its faculty. Currently, the professors in the center are: Donald L. Burkholder, Harry G. Drickamer, Hans Frauenfelder, Herbert S. Gutowsky, Nick Holonyak, Jr., Wayne R. LaFave, Nelson J. Leonard, James W. Marchand, Robert L. Metcalf, David Pines, Charles P. Slichter, Jack Stillinger, Michio Suzuki, Philip Teitelbaum, Gregorio Weber, Ralph S. Wolfe, and Ladislav Zgusta. The chancellor concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this appointment was approved.

Fellows in the center are nominated by their department heads and selected on the 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 campus.

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