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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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lating to the academic calendar; and a variety of initiatives with regard to staff benefits, retirements, and the retirement system — and in particular, efforts to appraise the financial stresses that beset the campus and the University. (A copy of die text of Dr. Andersen's remarks is filed widi the secretary of die board.)

REGULAR AGENDA

The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of die University.

Appointment of Vice President for Business and Finance

(1) It is my pleasure to recommend to the Board of Trustees the appointment of Craig S. Bazzani, presently acting vice president for business and finance, as vice president for business and finance effective April 21, 1983. T h e appointment will be on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary rate of $78,000, as of December 1, 1982, the date on which Dr. Bazzani assumed the responsibilities of vice president on an acting basis. He was elected comptroller of the Board of Trustees on January 20, 1983, and will continue to hold that office. In accord with the organizational changes in the central administration approved by the board on October 2 1 , 1982, the duties and responsibilities assigned to the vice president for business and finance include oversight of all operations in the areas of business affairs, financial affairs, administrative information systems and services, personnel services, and capital construction. His responsibilities are consistent also with those identified in the various sections of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure as those of the "general business officer of the University." He serves as a general officer of the University. Dr. Bazzani brings to the position of vice president for business and finance a strong record of consistently high performance in the several positions he has held at the University of Illinois. He is thoroughly familiar with the complex business and finance operations of the institution. His highly developed management skills, attention to detail, ability to communicate effectively, sound academic and personal value system, and intensive knowledge of this University and the State of Illinois place him in a unique position to give leadership to this sector of University affairs at this crucial point in our history. I am pleased also to be able to make this recommendation with the valued assistance of a consultative committee whose members are listed below. 1 It is with pleasure that I recommend approval of the appointment.

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

Dean, College of Agriculture, Urbana

(2) The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the appointment of Dr. John R. Campbell, presently associate dean and dirctor of resident instruction in the College of Agriculture and professor of dairy husbandry on indefinite tenure, as dean of the College of Agriculture beginning May 2 1 , 1983, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $75,000. Dr. Campbell will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. H e will succeed Dr. Orville G. Bentley who resigned to accept a position in the

1 Morton W. Weir, vice president for academic affairs and professor of psychology, Chairman; L. Rea Jones, assistart vice president for business affairs; Eric A. Gislason, professor of chemistry, Chicago; James M. Malloy, director of Hospital and Clinics and associate professor in the School of Pubrx Health, Chicago; Frederick L. Neumann, professor of accountancy and head of the department, Urbana-Champaign; Donald F. Wendel, vice chancellor for administrative affairs, Urbana-Champaign.