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1986]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Mr. Forsyth, these appointments and the summer session budgets for Chicago and Urbana-Champaign for 1986 were approved and authority was given as requested. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsydi, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. Lamm; no, none.) By consensus, the board agreed diat one vote would be taken and considered die vote on each agenda item nos. 4 through 15 inclusive. The 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

(4) 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 eleven 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 of the law. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mrs. Day, these certificates were awarded.

Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs

(5) The vice president for academic affairs has recommended the appointment of Dr. Robert F. Rich, presently associate professor of political science, public policy, and management at Camegie-Mellon University, as director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, beginning July 1, 1986, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $72,000. Dr. Rich will hold professorships in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, in political science ( U r b a n a ) , and in health resources management (Chicago), on indefinite tenure. Dr, Rich will succeed Samuel K. Gove who resigned from the directorship in 1985. Dr. Peter Nardulli has served as acting director since last year. This recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee. 1 I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . D a y , 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

(6) 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 Robert W. Resek, professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research^ Urbana, chairman; Lyndon R. Babcock, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, School of Public Health, Chicago; Michael B. Bass, graduate student in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; James W. Fossett, assistant professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Boyd R. Keenan, professor of political science, Chicago, and in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; James J. Stukel, vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College, Chicago.