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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 18

neering, has recommended the following reappointments to the Industrial Advisory Board of the college, 1 for three-year terms effective April 1985:

PHILIP CALI, vice president and secretary, Northern Illinois Gas, Aurora RICHARD E. RAHILL, vice president and general manager, Corning Electronics

Products, Corning Glass Works, Coming, New York I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, these appointments were confirmed.

Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate College, Chicago

(7) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the appointment of James J. Stukel, presently associate dean of the College of Engineering, director of the Engineering Experiment Station, and professor of mechanical engineering and environmental engineering at Urbana-Champaign, as vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College, and professor of mechanical engineering on indefinite tenure, beginning September 1, 1985, on a twelve-month service basis at a n annual salary of $88,000. The vice chancellor will be responsible for integrating the research and graduate activities of the Chicago campus and for creating new initiatives to facilitate the continuing development of the campus as a center for graduate education and research. The nomination of Dr. Stukel was made with the advice of a search committee.' The vice president for academic affairs concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

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

Head, Department of Animal Sciences, Urbana

(8) The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Agriculture, has recommended the appointment of Wayne R. Gomes, presently professor and head of the Department of Dairy Science, as head of the Department of Animal Sciences, beginning July 2 1 , 1985, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $72,500. Dr. Gomes will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He is the first head of the recently approved Department of Animal Sciences, formed by the merger of the Departments of Animal Science and Dairy Science. The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee' and

1 The board was established in March 1980 with eighteen members. The present membership, including those recommended in this item, is twenty-eight. 3 Phillip M. Forman f professor of clinical pediatrics and clinical neurology and dean, College of Medicine at Chicago, chairman; Donald Brieland, professor of social work and dean, Jane Addams College of Social Work; Donald Chambers, professor of molecular biology in periodontics, research professor of biological chemistry, and interim head, Department of Biological Chemistry; Michael Groves, professor of pharmaceutics and head of the department; Louise Hay, professor and head, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; Mi Ja Kim, professor of medical surgicai nursing; John Macsai, professor of architecture; Robert Paaswell, director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research; Robert Perlman, professor of physiology and biophysics and head of the department; Maurice Rabb, project director, Sickle Cell Center, professor of clinical ophthalmology, and interim associate vice chancellor for urban health; Robert Remini, professor of history and director, Institute for the Humanities; Jan Rocek, professor and head, Department of Chemistry; Bernard Salafsky, professor of pharmacology in biomedical sciences, director, College of Medicine at Rockford, and senior associate dean, College of Medicine; and G. E. O. Widera, professor and head, Department of Mechanical Engineering. ' William L. George, Jr., professor of horticulture and director of resident instruction and associate dean, College of Agriculture, chairman; David H. Baker, professor of animal science; Richard F. Bcvil], Jr., professor of veterinary biosciences and in Veterinary Programs in Agriculture; Carl L. Davis, professor of nutrition in dairy science and in the Division of Nutritional Sciences^ Walter L. Hurley, assistant professor oi dairy science; Neal R. Merchen, assistant professor of animal science; Roger D. Shanks, associate professor of genetics in dairy science; David L. Thomas, associate professor of animal science.