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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee' and is supported by the faculty in the departments of biochemistry, chemical engineering and chemistry. The Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences endorses the recommendation. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Acting Dean, College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Chicago

(6) The chancellor at the Chicago campus has recommended the appointment of Charles J. Kristufek, presently professor of physical education and associate dean, as acting dean of the College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, beginning September 1, 1983, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $46,500. Professor Kristufek succeeds Ronald Legon who assumed the acting deanship upon Sheldon Fordham's retirement on February 28, 1983. This recommendation is made with the support of the faculty of the college. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

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

Chairperson, Department of French, Chicago

(7) The chancellor at the Chicago campus, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Barbara G. Mittman, presently associate professor of French and acting head of the department, as chairperson of the Department of French, beginning September 1, 1983, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $31,976. Professor Mittman will continue to hold the rank of associate professor on indefinite tenure. She has been acting head of the department since September 1, 1982, upon Professor David O'Connell's return to full-time teaching. A change in the organizational structure of the department from that of a department with a head to one of a department with a chairperson, was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 21, 1983. This recommendation is made after consultation with the faculty of the department. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

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

Appointments to the Faculty

(8) 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 Ralph O. Simmons, professor of physics and head of the department, chairman; David Y. Curtin, professor of chemistry; John R. Shapley, professor of chemistry; Robert L. Switzer, professor of biochemistry and m the College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign; James W. Westwater, professor of chemical engineering.