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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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"I would like to say a few words of welcome to the new Trustees who are joining the Board at this meeting today. "You have before you six very interesting years of work for your University. "Our Board is an unusual one. Although our members are elected in a statewide election on a partisan basis, once they have joined the Board all have become members of one party — the pro-University party. "With the Board working together for the good of the University, and cooperating with its outstanding administrators like President Henry and with our fine faculty, the University of Illinois has become one of the great universities of this country. "We hope you will receive a great satisfaction from your part in promoting the continued progress of the University." B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y T h e B o a r d t o o k u p c o n s i d e r a t i o n of t h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t s a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y . APPOINTMENTS TO T H E FACULTY (i) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees, i. HAROLD R. ENGLANDER, Assistant Professor of Applied Materia Medica and Therapeutics, College of Dentistry, beginning March I, 1959, at an annual salary of $11,500 ( D Y ) . 2. MRS. MARIA-ROSA MALKIEL, George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Spanish and Italian, beginning September 16, 1959, at an annual salary of $11,000 ( E ) . 3. C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, George A. Miller Visiting Professor of History and of Political Science, first semester of 1959-60, at a salary of $6,000 ( G ) . 4. ANDREW G. PASK, Visiting Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, for six months from March I, 1959, at a salary of $4,500 ( D Y ) . 5. RONALD SINGER, Visiting Associate Professor of Anatomy, beginning September I, 1959, at an annual salary of $11,730 ( D Y ) . O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d . APPOINTMENT O F ASSISTANT DIRECTOR O F ATHLETICS (2) The Director of Intercollegiate Athletics reports that Mr. Ray Eliot, Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men and Head Football Coach, has requested that he be permitted to give up his duties as Head Football Coach at the close of the 1959 football season so that he may accept appointment as Assistant Director of Athletics at the University of Illinois. This proposal has been discussed with me by the parties concerned. I concur in the judgment of the Director of Athletics and his Board of Directors that this additional administrative service is much needed in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. It should be noted that the position of Assistant Director is not new at Illinois, and that many athletic departments of other universities have such an administrative position — in fact, some have more than one assistant director. The position of Assistant Director at the University of Illinois has been held in the past by the late Carl L. Lundgren and Walter H. Roettger but has not been filled since the death of the latter. The increased responsibilities presented by the initiation of new programs, such as grants-in-aid, the increase in public relations contacts, and the day-to-day internal administrative load make it necessary to fill this position. It is fortunate that the University has a man of Mr. Eliot's professional background and experience, including twenty-two years on the staff, seventeen of them as Head Football Coach, available to fill this position. On recommendation of the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has approved Mr. Eliot's request and has appointed him Assistant Director of Athletics at the University effective January 1, i960, subject to the concurrence of the Board of Trustees. I join in this recommendation. A d i s c u s s i o n o f t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f o l l o w e d i t s p r e s e n t a t i o n , all the T r u s t e e s p r e s e n t p a r t i c i p a t i n g , w i t h t r i b u t e s p a i d t o M r . E l i o t f o r