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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(In the period before the March meeting, there will be discussions with student leaders concerning tuition increases.)

REGULAR AGENDA

The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 3 through 8 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

(3) T h e Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to 1,057 candidates who passed the standard written examination given November 2-4, 1983, in Illinois and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983, as amended. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. The Committee on Accountancy, pursuant to Rule 15(d) of the Regulations, also recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to fourteen candidates who wish to transfer the examination credit earned by passing the uniform written examination in another state and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983, as amended. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. T h e Committee on Accountancy further recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded under Section 5 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act of 1983 to sixteen 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 these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , t h e s e certificates w e r e a w a r d e d .

Head, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Urbana

(4) T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Dr. Dennis E. Buetow, presently acting head of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, as head of the department beginning February 2 1 , 1984, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $49,000. Dr. Buetow will continue to hold the rank of professor of physiology and biophysics on indefinite tenure. He has been acting head since October 1, 1983, when Dr. James E. Heath asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. T h e nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee 1 and after consultation with faculty members of the department. The acting director of the School of Life Sciences and the Executive Committees of the School of Life

1 J o h n B . H a n s o n , professor of p l a n t biology a n d of p l a n t physiology in a g r o n o m y , chairman; Lloyd B a r r , professor of physiology a n d biophysics, of a n a t o m i c a l sciences, a n d of bioengineerinc; in e n g i n e e r i n g ; Antony R. Crofts, professor of biophysics in physiology a n d biophysics; Benita S. K a t z e n e l l e n b o g e n , professor of physiology in physiology a n d biophysics a n d in the College of M e d icine at U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n : V i c t o r D . R a m i r e z , professor of physiology in physiology a n d biophysics a n d professor in the College of M e d i c i n e at U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n .