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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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sity of Illinois and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. (Copies of the plan and related documents are on file with the secretary.)

REGULAR AGENDA

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

Appointment of a Chancellor, Urbana

(3) I am pleased to recommend the appointment of Thomas E. Everhart, dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell University, as chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and professor of electrical and computer engineering, on indefinite tenure, effective August 21, 1984, on a twelve-month basis at an annual salary of $95,000. Dr. Everhart's employment status will begin July 2 1 , 1984, to provide a brief transition period for him to prepare for his new duties in August. Dr. Everhart has had a distinguished career as an engineer in the fields of electronics and microfabrication in industry and in the academy. In addition to his faculty service, he has held administrative appointments as department chairman at the University of California at Berkeley for five years and, since 1979, as dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell University. He is a national leader in the field of engineering education and is especially active in the developing field of university-industry relationships. We have found in Dr. Everhart a person of extraordinary capability who possesses those special qualities of leadership required to help the Urbana-Champaign campus achieve its full potential. During his tenure at the University of California at Berkeley and more recently as dean of engineering at Cornell, Dr. Everhart has shown an ability to bring already strong academic programs to an even higher standard of academic excellence. He has a reputation as a superb judge of quality and has been particularly successful in attracting and retaining talented and productive scholars, which goes to the heart of the task of building and sustaining a first-rate university. I am indebted to the Search Committee to Advise the President on the Appointment of a Chancellor 1 for its work in providing an outstanding field of candidates for this position. This recommendation has their strong endorsement.

On motion of Mr. Logan, this appointment was approved. Trustee Madden, who was out of the country, had asked the secretary if his vote in support of the recommendation could be recorded, as a courtesy. By consensus, the trustees agreed; and therefore, a unanimous ballot of the board was cast.

Interim Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 1985

(4) In recent years, the trustees have approved the continuation of the previous year's budget into the next fiscal year when legislative action on University appropriations was not completed in time to be translated into detailed budget recommendations.

1 Norton N. Bedford, Arthur Young Distinguished Professor of Accountancy, chair; Elaine J. Copeland, associate dean, Graduate College; Roger W. Findley, professor of law; Martha O. Friedman, associate professor of library administration; Barclay G. Jones, professor of nuclear engineering; Bruce L. Larson, professor of dairy science; Samuel Kaplan, professor and head, Delrtment of Microbiology; Michael McGuirc, undergraduate student, Department of Electrical ngineering; Jack H. McKenzie, dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts; Thomas J. Reinert, graduate student. Department of Chemistry; John Saldeen, electronics engineer. School of Chemical Sciences; Richard L. Schacht, professor and chair, Department of Philosophy; M. E. Van Valkenburg, professor of electrical engineering; Paul M. Weichsel, professor of mathematics.

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