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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 15

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee submitted the following report and minutes of its meeting on August 17, 1971.

MEETING OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

A meeting of the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in Parlor K of the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, August 17, 1971, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Chairman Earl M. Hughes called the meeting to order and asked the Clerk of the Committee to call the roll. The following members of the Committee were present: Mr. Earl M. Hughes, Mr. Roger B. Pogue, Mr. Timothy W. Swain. Also present were: Mr. William D. Forsyth, Jr., Mr. Donald R. Grimes, Mr. Ralph C. Hahn, and Mr. Russell W. Steger, members of the Board of Trustees, and the following University officers: President David D. Henry; Chancellor J. W. Peltason, Urbana-Champaign campus; Chancellor Joseph S. Begando, Medical Center campus; Chancellor Norman A. Parker, Chicago Circle Campus; Chancellor-designate Warren B. Cheston, Chicago Circle campus; Mr. Vernon L. Kretschmer, Associate Director of University Physical Plant Planning and Construction; Mr. C. E. Flynn, Assistant to the President and University Director of Public Information; Mr. James J. Costello, University Counsel; Mr. George H. Bargh, Executive Assistant to the President; and the officers of the Board, Mr. R. R. Manchester, Treasurer, and Dr. Earl W. Porter, Secretary. The Committee considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University, and took the actions indicated.

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING, MEDICAL C E N T E R (1) The Dean of the College of Nursing has recommended to the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus the appointment of Dr. Etta Anne Hincker, presently Visiting Professor and Acting Dean of the Florida State University School of Nursing, as Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, on indefinite tenure, and Head of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, beginning September 1, 1971, on a twelve months' service basis. On May 20, 1970, the Board of Trustees approved a reorganization of the College of Nursing, which was not previously departmentalized, into the following departments: General Nursing, Maternal-Child Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, and Public Health Nursing. The appointment of Dr. Hincker will permit establishment of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing. (At its meeting on August 12, 1970, the Board approved the appointment of heads for the Department of Maternal-Child Nursing, the Department of Psychiatric Nursing, and the Department of Public Health Nursing. At its meeting on April 21, 1971, the Board approved the appointment of a head of the Department of General Nursing. T h e appointment of Dr. Hincker will fill the one remaining headship.) T h e nomination of Dr. Hincker is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the faculty of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing of the rank of assistant professor and above. The nomination is supported by the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at

1 Cecelia Fennessy, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Chairman; Mrs. Suzanne Dodge, Instructor, Medical-Surgical Nursing; Miss Marya Olgas, Assistant Professor, Medical-Surgical Nursing; Dr. Lillian Runnerstrom, Professor and Head, Department of Maternal-Child Nursing, and Miss Mardell Davis, Graduate Student.