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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 17

ANDERSON, ANSEL C , Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, for the academic year, to concentrate on the development of a large-capacity dilution refrigerator, and, using this refrigerator, to undertake an investigation of the Kapitza resistance. BERNARD, P A U L P., Professor of History in the Department of History, for the first semester, to analyze the political role of the Austrian nobility in the reign of Joseph I I , with a view to elucidating the problems of enlightened despotism and the dissolution of a tradition-based authoritarian system. BIJOU, SIDNEY W., Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and in the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, for the second semester, to complete research and writing of volume three in a series on the behavioral analysis of human development.

BRADSHAW, GLENN R., Professor of A r t in the Department of Art, for one se-

mester, to paint his responses to the wilderness landscapes of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan. GRANATO, ANDREW V., Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, for the first semester, to study the plastic deformation of superconducting crystals. H A K E , HAROLD W., Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology, for the second semester, to explore the perceptual mechanism of scale normalization, the normalization of the dynamic range of experience despite vast variations in the actual dynamic ranges of stimulus inputs. JACOBSON, HOWARD, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of the Classics, for the second semester, to complete a comprehensive book on Ovid's Heroides, dealing with the nature of the poems, their place in Latin literature, and the aims and achievements of the poet. JAHER, FREDERIC C , Associate Professor of History in the Department of History, for the academic year, t o complete work on a comparative history of American urban elites. KACHRU, BRAJ B., Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics, for the academic year, to conduct a linguistic analysis of South Asian English. KRAMER, DALE V., Associate Professor of English in the Department of English, for the first semester, to write a book-length study of the principles of structure in fiction. LIEBERMAN, LAURENCE J., Professor of English in the Department of English, for the academic year, to complete work on a second volume of poems and a volume of essays on contemporary poets. LOEB, PETER A., Associate Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, for the academic year, t o continue work on applications of non-standard analysis to potential theory and functional analysis. LOTT, ROBERT E., Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, for the second semester, to engage in intensive work on a book on Juan Valera, Spanish writer and diplomat. MARTIN, JAMES C , Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, for the academic year, to pursue research in new classes of organic compounds. PERKINS, WILLIAM R., Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for the academic year, to investigate mathematical modeling of urban systems. RINGER, ALEXANDER L., Professor of Music in the School of Music, for one semester, t o pursue an intensive study of nineteenth-century European music in its socio-economic and political context. ROWAN, DENNIS M., Assistant Professor of A r t in the Department of Art, for the academic year, to develop the possibilities of combining photography and etching in visually compelling statements. SCHRAN, PETER, Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and in the Center for Asian Studies, for one semester, to continue intensively his study of economies and economic strategies on the Chinese mainland, 1928-1948. SCHROEPFER, GEORGE J., JR., Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry, for the academic year, to pursue research in the areas of the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the chemistry and metabolism of sphingolipid bases, the stereochemistry and mechanism of reaction of fatty acids, and the mechanism of action of fumarase.