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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[ June 16

City, New York, as Associate Professor of Dance on indefinite tenure, Counselor in the Council on Teacher Education, and Head of the Department of Dance beginning September 1, 1971, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $15,000. Mr. Kostock will succeed Professor Janis L. Simonds, who has resigned effective September .1,1971. The nomination of Mr. Kostock was made with the advice of a search committee1 and after consultation with members of the faculty of the Department of Dance. The nomination is supported by the Executive Committee of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this appointment was approved.

HEADSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF URBAN A N D REGIONAL P L A N N I N G , URBANA

(10) The Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Michael P. Brooks, presently Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina, as Professor of Urban and Regional Planning on indefinite tenure, Director of the Bureau of Urban and Regional Planning Research, and Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning beginning August 1, 1971, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $23,000. Dr. Brooks will succeed Dr. William 1. Goodman who has asked to be relieved of this administrative appointment. The nomination of Dr. Brooks was made with the advice of a search committee* and after consultation with the members of the faculty of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. The nomination is supported by the Executive Committee of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation. The Excutive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this appointment was approved.

APPOINTMENTS T O T H E FACULTY

(11) 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. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated: A — indefinite tenure; P — indefinite term appointment for part-time service only; B — two years; D —one year; E — nine months from the beginning of the academic year; F — one-year appointment ending other than August 31; G — special tenure; Q — initial term appointment for a Professor or Associate Professor; T — terminal appointment, accompanied with or preceded by notice of non-reappointment; W — one-year appointment subject to special written agreement; Y — twelve months' service required instead of two semesters; X — percentages opposite X are for the academic year; full-time summer service is indicated by "S"; 1-7 — indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure.

1 Margaret Erlanger, Professor of Dance, Chairman; Lynne Blom, Instructor in Dance; Beverly Blossom, Associate Professor of Dance; John Burrell, Professor of Theatre and Director of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; Marilyn Laszewski, Student; David Pines, Professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering; Willis W. Ward, Jr., Associate Professor of Dance. ! Eric C. Freund, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Director of Bureau of Urban and Regional Planning Research, Chairman; Lachlan F. Blair, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning; George Freeman, Student; Robert B. Riley, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture; John Thompson, Professor of Geography and Head of the Department of Geography.