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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

[June 8

T h e Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University.

APPOINTMENT OF C. LADD PROSSER AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY ( i ) A recommendation that Dr. C. Ladd Prosser be appointed Assistant P r o fessor of Zoology for two years beginning September I, 1939, at a salary of $3,000 a year.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this appointment was made as recommended.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURRUS DICKINSON (2) Assistant Professor B u r r u s Dickinson of the School of Journalism has been asked to accept the presidency of Eureka College for one year. H e is a graduate of that institution and has been a member of its Board of Trustees for several years. T h e College has many problems and there have been several changes in the presidency during recent years. Its Board is seeking to give the institution administrative stability and Professor Dickinson is in a position to be of special service at this time. H e has requested a leave of absence from the faculty of the University of Illinois for one year without pay from September I, 1939. H e has not committed himself to Eureka College for more than one year of service and has asked that he be appointed Acting President. In general, I am opposed to granting members of the faculty leaves of absence for the purpose of accepting positions elsewhere, as they interfere with the University's educational program, but in this case I feel that the needs of a sister institution in Illinois for the special service which Professor Dickinson can render should be recognized and accommodated. I recommend that this leave be granted. O n m o t i o n of M r s . P l u m b , t h i s l e a v e w a s g r a n t e d a s r e c o m m e n d e d . DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS (3) On July 22, 1938, the Board of Directors of the University of Illinois Alumni Association authorized the appointment of a special "Committee on the Reorganization of Alumni Activities." Among the recommendations which the Committee will submit to the Alumni Association is a proposal that the University appoint a general administrative officer as Director of Alumni Relations. His duties and responsibilities would include the supervision of (1) alumni records, (2) expenditures of University appropriations for alumni activities, and (3) field work of the University of Illinois Foundation and Alumni Association. An alternate plan would be to appoint him Director of Alumni Relations and Director of the University of Illinois Foundation (with the consent of the Directors of the latter). This would involve a readjustment in the personnel of the Association and Foundation, including certain budgetary changes. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , t h i s m a t t e r w a s r e f e r r e d t o t h e C o m m i t tee o n A l u m n i f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . LEAVES OF ABSENCE (4) A recommendation that the following leaves of absence be granted members of the staff for the reasons and periods and under the conditions indicated in each case: I. Dr. S. S. Arnim of the College of Dentistry, three weeks with pay in addition to his regular vacation, during the summer of 1939 for graduate work at Yale University.