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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[May 16

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY (27) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Dr. Lloyd G. Humphreys as Professor of Psychology on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department beginning September 1, 1959, at a salary

of $14,000.

This is to fill the vacancy created when Professor Lyle H. Lanier, former Head of the Department, was appointed Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In the meantime, Professor W. E. Kappauf has been serving as Acting H e a d of the Department. The nomination of Dr. Humphreys was made by a special search committee and all members of the Department of professorial rank have been consulted'. The Vice-President and Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d . COORDINATED SCIENCE LABORATORY (28) T h e Dean of the College of Engineering, the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station, and the Vice-President and Provost recommend authorization of a change in the functions and objectives of the Control Systems Laboratory from one dealing almost exclusively with classified research on military projects to an interdisciplinary laboratory devoted to a broad program in pure and applied science with classified research being continued in a reduced role. To give the proper indication or definition of this new function, both within the University and abroad, it is recommended that the name be changed to "Coordinated Science Laboratory." They also recommend the appointments of two Associate Directors, presently members of the Laboratory staff, one of whom will have joint responsibilities with the Department of Physics and the other with the Department of Electrical Engineering: Chalmers William Sherwin, Professor of Physics and Associate Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory, effective September 1, 1959. The salaries of these positions will be determined when the budget for 1959-60 is submitted to the Board for approval. The Board of Trustees has previously approved the appointment of Dr. Daniel Alpert, Research Professor of Physics and presently Technical Director of the Control Systems Laboratory, as Director effective July I, 1959, to succeed Professor F. Wheeler Loomis, who is retiring from active service. It is recommended that Professor Alpert's title be changed to Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory. I concur in these recommendations.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations were approved. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES The Board proceeded to consider the following reports and recommendations from its standing committees.

SITE SELECTION FOR RELOCATION OF THE CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION

Mr. Johnston, for the Committee on General Policy, presented the following report and recommendation:

On February 19, 1959, the Board of Trustees designated the Riverside Golf Club and an adjacent area as the site for the permanent location of the Chicago Undergraduate Division of the University of Illinois. In this action on the Riverside site, the Trustees indicated a willingness to reconsider the decision should Northerly Island be made available at no greater cost and on the development time schedule defined by the Board, namely, decision in time to be considered as the basis for legislative appropriations which would permit construction to start by the fall of i960 and completion in the fall of 1963. T h e Mayor of the city of Chicago has informed the President of the Uni-