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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 19

Administrative Staff 15. MICHAEL H . GINSBURO, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, Chicago campus, beginning April 1, 1984 (NY), at an annual salary of $35,000. 16. DIANE D. MOODY, coordinator of grants and contracts, Office of Business Affairs, Chicago campus, beginning March 1, 1984 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $30,000. 17. JOAN K. SUNSERI, assistant to the head for research funding and external development, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine at Chicago, beginning February 27, 1984 (NY), at an annual salary of $35,000. O n m o t i o n of M r . S t o n e , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d . Appointments to the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana (9) O n recommendation of the director of the Center for Advanced Study, with the concurrence of the dean of the Graduate College, the chancellor at UrbanaChampaign has recommended the following appointments of fellows in the Center for Advanced Study for one semester of the academic year 1984-85 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. Fellows 1 GARY A. CZIKO, assistant professor of educational psychology, to work on universals of language acquisition. RICHARD ENGELBRECHT-WIGGANS, assistant professor of business administration, to research the processes of auctions, bidding and contracting models — optimal competitive contracting under uncertainty.

BETTINA MAGNUS FRANCIS, assistant professor in the Institute for Environmental

Studies, to conduct research on genetics and the mechanisms by which herbicides may induce congenital malformations. DAVID PROCHASKA, assistant professor of history, to write a monograph on the colonial city in historical perspective. FREDERICK F. SCHMIDT, assistant professor of philosophy, to carry out research on cognition and epistemology (theory of knowledge). Beckman Fellows CLAUDIO CIOFFI-REVILLA, assistant professor of political science, to write a book on fundamentals of political reliability: theory, models, and applications and political processes. SCOTT E. DENMARK, assistant professor of chemistry, to continue research in the field of organic synthesis. DOUGLAS B. WEST, assistant professor of mathematics, to conduct research on problems in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Stone, these appointments were approved.

A M O C O Foundation A w a r d s for Undergraduate Instruction, U r b a n a (10) As part of the undergraduate instructional awards program on the UrbanaChampaign campus, awards to faculty are provided for work on projects designed to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction.'

1 Fellows in the center are nominated by their department heads and selected on the recommendation of an advisory selection committee for one-semester appointments. Fellowships are awarded for independent work in all fields of the social and natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. Those eligible for nomination are untenured, tenure-track faculty members at the Urbana-Champaign campus. 3 Generally, these amount to full-time salary for two months. Recommendations concerning awards for summer 1984 are shown in an accompanying agenda item.