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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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sultation with members of the department of professorial rank. T h e chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs approve the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Head, Department of Business Administration, Urbana

(5) The dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Louis R. Pondy, presently professor of business administration and associate head for administration in the Department of Business Administration, as head of the department beginning July 1, 1981, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $57,000. Dr. Pondy will continue as professor of business administration on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Dr. Seymour Sudman who has been acting head since January 1981. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the department of professorial rank. The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs approve the recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this appointment was approved. Chairperson, Department of History, Urbana

(6) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr., presently associate professor of history and acting chairperson of the department, as chairperson of the Department of History, beginning August 21, 1981, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $29,000. Dr. Burkhardt will continue to hold the rank of associate professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Professor Bennett D. Hill who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. Dr. Burkhardt was appointed acting chairperson during the second semester of the 1980-81 academic year while Dr. Hill was on leave of absence. The nomination is submitted upon the recommendation of the executive committee of the department and endorsed by the executive committees of the School of Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Appointments to the Faculty

(7) 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

1 Robert Ferber, professor of accountancy and business administration, research professor in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research and director of the University _ Survey Research Laboratory, chairman; Charles E. Blair III, associate professor of business administration; John F. Due, professor of economics and McKinley Professor of Economic and Public Utilities; Anne S. Huff, assistant professor of business administration; Greg R. Oldham, professor of busness administration and in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations; Hanns-Martin Schoenfeld, professor of accountancy and business administration; Jagdish N. Sheth, professor of business administration, Walter H. Stellner distinguished professor of marketng and research professor in the University Survey Research Laboratory.