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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 15

Administrative Staff

7. THOMAS W. BECKHAM, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and associate professor of health professions education, Medical Center, beginning May 1, 1982 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $70,000. 8. WILLIAM F. NORTON, assistant director of the Office of Administrative Information Systems and Services, Urbana, beginning March 21, 1982 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $36,999. O n m o t i o n of D r . D o n o g h u e , these a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e confirmed.

Administrative Leaves, 1982-83

(7) In accordance with the plan for administrative leaves approved by the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1973, 1 the president of the University and the chancellors at Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign have recommended such leaves for those listed below. The proposals have been reviewed by the committee on administrative leaves which recommends approval.

Chicago Circle

RAYMOND A. DALTON, assistant dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Planning since September 1, 1971, has requested leave for the period September 1-December 31, 1982. He will be an official visiting administrator advising on program development and generating exchange instructorship possibilities at Lagos State College of Science and Technology and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. BEVERLY P. LYNCH, university librarian since January 1, 1977, has requested leave for the period September 1-December 31, 1982. She will investigate the effects of technology upon the organization and structure of complex organizations in genera], and the effects of automation and the changing nature of library use on the organization and structure of research libraries in particular. SAMUEL SCHRAGE, director of the James Scholar Program in the University Honors Program since April 1, 1970, has requested leave for the period January 1April 30, 1983. He plans to study significant innovations introduced during the last two decades in leading experimental and honors colleges and information which would be useful to the Chicago Circle undergraduate and honors programs. ALVIN D . STAR, associate dean of the College of Business Administration since July 1, 1971, has requested leave for the period January 1-April 30, 1983. He will continue his small business research with an emphasis on international comparisons at Chicago Circle and other locations, including foreign countries if grant support is obtained. RALPH L. WESTFALL, dean of the College of Business Administration since September 1, 1975, has requested leave for the period September 15-November 15, 1982. He will visit several university business programs in India to lecture and to consult on program development.

Urbana-Champaign

W. PETER HOOD, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since August 21, 1977, and prior to that assistant dean for seven years, has requested leave for the period September 10, 1982-January 9, 1983. He will study the effects and possibilities for academic advising of three technological systems, the integrated student information system, word processing units, and cablevision. He also will review the goals and services of the student office in the college and continue a study of academic dishonesty in higher education. * The plan provides for paid leaves of two to four months fora certain administrative officers "to keep abreast of developments in their profession and to find time to design new approaches to their tasks."