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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 14

Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Urbana

(3) The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the appointment of Leigh S. Estabrook, presently associate professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, as professor on indefinite tenure and dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, beginning January 2, 1986, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $65,000. Dr. Estabrook will succeed Dr. Charles H. Davis who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee 1 and after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. 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 Medicine, College of Medicine at Peoria

(4) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the appointment of A. William Holmes, Jr., presently professor of medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, as professor of medicine on indefinite tenure and head of the department, College of Medicine at Peoria, beginning December 1, 1985, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $100,000. The faculty of the department has voted to change the organization from a department with a head to a department with a chairperson. That recommendation is being reviewed and will be presented to the Board of Trustees in due course. Dr. Holmes will succeed Dr. Alfonse Masi who has resigned the headship but will remain in the department. The recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee 2 and after consultation with the members of the department. 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 Medical Information Science, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign

(5) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the appointment of Dr. Allan H. Levy, presently professor and acting head of medical information science, as professor of medical information science on indefinite tenure and head of the department, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, beginning November 21, 1905, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $80,975. Dr. Levy will be the first permanent head of the department since departmentalization of the unit was approved by the Board of Trustees on September 20, 1984.

1 Richard H. Surles, Jr., professor of law and library administration, director of Law Library, chairman; Walter C. Allen, associate professor of library and information science; Marianna T. Choldin, professor of library administration, assistant director of the Slavic Library and director of research, Russian and East European Center; Clifford Christians, associate professor of journalism and research associate professor in the Institute of Communications Research; M. Leslie Edmonds, assistant professor of library and information science; Faith Fleming, graduate student; Sara De Mundo Lo, professor of library administration and modern language librarian; Selma K.. Richardson, associate professor of library and information science; Debora Shaw, assistant professor of library and information science. 3 Fred Z. White, professor of clinical family practice, College of Medicine at Peoria, chairman; Michael Cashman, clinical associate professor of medicine, College of Medicine at Peoria; James DeBord, clinical assistant professor of surgery, College of Medicine at Peoria; Marcia A. Miller, professor of microbiology, College of Medicine at Peoria; Richard O'Connor, clinical assistant professor of medicine, College of Medicine at Peoria; Daudur Rahman, clinical associate professor of pathology, College of Medicine at Peoria; Sue Ellyn Sauder, assistant professor of pediatrics and physician surgeon, College of Medicine at Peoria; Stanley G. Schade, professor of medicine and physician surgeon, College of Medicine at Chicago; Lorin D. Whittaker, Jr., clinical assistant professor of surgery; College of Medicine at Peoria; Muhammad B. Yunus, associate professor of medicine and physician surgeon, College of Medicine at Peoria.