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Proposed Revision of Bylaws, Athletic Board of Control (Article XI, Awards Committee)

(3) Activities of the Athletic Council have been reviewed several times in the past two years during the deliberation related to the development of a new governance structure for intercollegiate athletics at the Urbana-Champaign campus. With the establishment of the Athletic Board of Control, it is recommended that the council be replaced with a committee of the board which will be designated the Awards Committee. This can be accomplished with a revision of Article X I of the current bylaws of the board which will change die status of the Athletic Council from a semiautonomous "council" with broad powers to a committee directly responsible to the board. Close coordination with the board is assured through a membership appointed by the chairman of the board and composed primarily of members of the board. Members of the council were appointed in the past by the chancellor. Impetus for this proposed amendment is the same as that which led to the establishment of the new Athletic Board of Control: closer coordination of all activities related to intercollegiate athletics at the Urbana-Champaign campus and a more clearly defined faculty role in the control of such activities. The Athletic Board of Control proposes that this amendment become effective at its summer meeting on July 24, 1982, at which time the first Awards Committee will be appointed. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, this a m e n d m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Head, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Urbana

(4) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Herbert Knust, presently professor of German and of comparative literature, as head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures beginning August 21, 1982, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $40,830. Dr. Knust will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Professor Elmer Antonsen who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee1 and after consultation with faculty members of the department. The director of the School of Humanities and the executive committees of the School of Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences endorse this recommendation. 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 . Forsyth, this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Chicago Circle

(5) T h e chancellor at Chicago Circle has recommended the appointment of Dr. John A. Wanat, presently associate professor of political science and director of the Public Agency Administration Program, as chairperson of the Department of Political Science beginning September 1, 1982, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $36,113. Professor Wanat will continue to hold the rank of associate professor on

1 Henry R. Kahane, professor emeritus of linguistics and Spanish, and in the Center for Advanced Study, chairman; Marianne Burkhard, associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures; Ruth E. Lorbe, professor of German; Phillip M. Mitchell, professor of German.