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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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endorsement of the faculty of the department and the Executive Committee of the college. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L o g a n , 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 Microbiology, Urbana

(17) The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Jordan Konisky, presently professor and acting head of the Department of Microbiology, as head of the department beginning September 2 1 , 1984, on an academicyear service basis at an annual salary of $50,500. Dr. Konisky will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He has been acting head since August 21, 1984, when Samuel Kaplan became director of the School of Life Sciences. The search was an internal one with the entire faculty of the department serving as a committee of the whole and the dean as chairman. The Executive Committee of the college endorses the recommendation. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Head, Department of Sociology, Urbana

(18) T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended confirmation of the appointment of James R. Kluegel as head of the Department of Sociology, beginning August 21, 1984, on an academic-year service basis at an annual salary of $41,000. Dr. Kluegel will continue to hold the rank of associate professor. H e succeeds Robert Schoen who has been serving as acting head. T h e appointment was made with the advice of the search committee 1 and after consultation with faculty members of the department. The Executive Committee of the School of Social Sciences endorses the recommendation. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Appointments to the Faculty

(19) 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. A — Indefinite tenure N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a professor or associate professor T — Terminal appointment accompanied with or preceded by notice of nonreappointment

1 Harry C. Triandis, professor oft psychology and in the Institute of Aviation, chairman; Jan Gorecki, professor of sociology and in the Russian and East European Center; Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, professor and head of the Department of Geography, and professor of urban and regional planning; Edward A. Kolodziej, professor of political science and research professor in the School of Social Sciences; Clark McPhail, associate professor of sociology; Catherine E. Ross, assistant professor of sociology and of clinical medicine.