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C H I N - W . KIM, professor of linguistics and chairperson of the Department of Linguistics, for one semester, to prepare a monograph on Korean phonology. C. L. Liu, professor of computer science, for the academic year, to conduct research in computing algorithms with applications to operations research and management science and to the design of very large scale integrated circuits. J. C. MARTIN, professor of chemistry, for one semester, to write review papers and to initiate new research in the coordination chemistry of nonmetallic elements. JOSEPH E. MCGRATH, professor of psychology, for one semester, to pursue research on the relationship of time to human interactions. MICHAEL VAN WALLEGHEN, professor of English, for one semester, to complete a book of poetry. ALBERT WATTENBERO, research professor of physics, for the academic year, to carry out high energy physics experiments on "charmed particles," and to review the history of important early research involving the use of nuclear reactors as research tools. FREDERICK M . WIRT, professor of political science, for one semester, to complete a book examining the relationship between the urban citizen and the forces of urban life. PAUL ZONN, professor of music, for one semester, to compose five new musical works.

Beckman Associates

T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign also has recommended the appointment of the following two faculty members as Beckman Associates, named for the donor of a gift which permits additional recognition for outstanding younger associate candidates who have already made distinctive scholarly contributions. PHIPPS ARABIE, professor of psychology, for the academic year, to do a comparative study of data analysis techniques and models developed in a broad range of behavioral sciences. C. WARD HENSON, professor of mathematics, for the academic year, to carry out a research project in model theory (logic) and mathematical analysis. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . D a y , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Change in Organization of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Urbana

(9) Under Article I V , Section 4, of the University Statutes the faculty of a department may request a change in the organization of that department. I n accordance with the procedures outlined in the Statutes, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Urbana-Champaign convened a meeting of the faculty of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese after an appropriate request that the form of the organization of that department be changed. When polled, however, a majority voted to retain the present "chair-executive committee" organization and a minority voted to change to a "head-advisory committee" organization. As required by the Statutes, the dean has transmitted the result of the vote to the departmental faculty and to the chancellor together with his own recommendation. After consulting with the director of the School of Humanities, the dean has concluded that the quality of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese would be best served by a headship form of governance. He has, therefore, transmitted the result of the vote to retain the current departmental organization to the vice chancellor for academic affairs and to the chancellor, with his recommendation that the organization be changed from its present status as a chaired department to that of a headship. T h e vice chancellor and the chancellor endorse the dean's recommendation, as does the vice president for academic affairs.