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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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after consultation with members of the faculty of the two departments. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Head, Department of Astronomy, Urbana

(9) T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Ronald J. Allen as professor of astronomy on indefinite tenure and head of the department, beginning August 21, 1985, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $65,000. Dr. Allen is presently professor of radio astronomy, chairman of the Astronomy Department, and dean of the subfaculty of astronomy at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He will succeed Dr. James W. Truran who has been acting head since August 1984, when Dr. Icko Iben, Jr., asked to be relieved of the headship. The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee and after consultation with faculty members of the department. The Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences supports the recommendation. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, Urbana

(10) The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, has recommended the appointment of Vincent J. Bellafiore, presently professor and chairman of the Landscape Architecture Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as professor of landscape architecture on indefinite tenure and head of the department, beginning August 21, 1985, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $60,000. Professor Bellafiore will succeed Professor Robert B. Riley who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee' and after consultation with members of the faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Appointments to the Faculty

(11) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of assistant professor and above, and certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated.

1 David G. Ravenhall, professor of physics, chairman; Richard M. Crutcher, professor of astronomy; James B. Kaler, professor of astronomy; Larry L. Smarr, associatet professor^ of astronomy and physics and director, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; William D. Watson, professor of astronomy and physics. 3 Lewis D. Hopkins, professor of landscape architecture and in the Institute for Environmental Studies, professor of urban and regional planning, and head of the department, chairman; Susan J. Edwards, graduate student; R. Alan Forrester, professor of architecture and director of the school; Terence G. Harkness, professor of landscape architecture;_ Gary B. Kesler, assistant professor of landscape architecture; Jon Liebman, professor of environmental engineering in civil engineering; Charles M. Pipal, graduate student; E. Sue Weidemann, professor of landscape architecture and in housing research and development.