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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Maria Leonard and Miriam Aldridge Shelden. The proposal was reviewed and approved by the student governance council at the Lincoln Avenue Residence Hall, the Housing Division, and the vice chancellor for student affairs. A native of Indianapolis, Maria Leonard received a baccalaureate degree from Butler College and a master's degree in mathematics from Colorado College. She taught mathematics and served as dean of women at Southern Idaho State Normal College; and she was dean of women at Coe, where she later received a Litt.D. degree. She came to the University of Illinois in 1923, serving as dean of women until 1945. During her career, she founded Alpha Lambda Delta, the freshman scholastic honorary society, and was a member of Mortar Board, Phi Kappa Phi, Theta Phi Epsilon, Pi Beta Phi, P.E.O., Phi Kappa Epsilon, the American Association of University Women, and Soroplimists. In 1936, Dean Leonard was the American representative and speaker at the World Congress of Business and Professional Women in Paris, France; she also represented BPW that year at the International Federation of University Women's meeting in Cracow, Poland. During World War II, Dean Leonard recruited women for the armed services. Two years after Dean Leonard's retirement (in 1947), Miriam Shelden became dean of women. Born in Washington, New York, Dean Shelden received a B.S. degree from Russell Sage College, an A.M. from New York University, and a Ph.D. from New York University. Dean Sheldon taught physical education at Berea College and at the University of North Carolina. From 1942 until 1947, she was the Women's Reserve Director of the Naval Air Command. Dean Shelden was affiliated with the United States Navy Reserves until 1961, retiring with the rank of Commander and receiving the Naval Commendation Ribbon. She served as dean of women from 1947 until 1969. She held appointments as associate professor of secondary and continuing education and as dean of student personnel. In 1972, she became associate chancellor for affirmative action and in 1973, dean of student affairs, retaining that post and that of associate chancellor until her retirement in 1974. During her career, Dean Shelden chaired the campus Council on Equal Opportunity and the Committee on the Status of Women. She was a consultant to the Office of Economic Opportunity of the Federal Job Corps and a member of the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women. Dean Shelden helped to establish an office now called the Office of Women's Resources and Services, dedicated to assisting women who are resuming their education following prolonged interruption. Dean Leonard died in 1976, at the age of 96. Dean Shelden died in 1975 at age 62. I concur in the recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . Milkint, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Contract for Knowledge-Based Programming Assistant; International Business Machines Corporation (Exception to the Genera/ Rules)

(14) The Department of Computer Science at the Urbana-Champaign campus has proposed a two-year extension of a project to develop a Knowledge-Based Programming Assistant, a development within the field of artificial intelligence (or software engineering). This project seeks to incorporate the knowledge of a technical expert into a computer program which will assist university students while they learn to develop their own computer programs. This work has received support from the International Business Machines Corporation since 1981. IBM has agreed to provide additional funding of $286,000 for the extension, subject to thp condition that IBM will be entitled to certain rights in the resulting software without further financial obligation. To accomplish this,