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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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served informally as coordinator of teaching, research, and public service in the area of psychiatric nursing at the College for the past year. The Chancellor and the Dean of the Graduate College have approved the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

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

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, MEDICAL CENTER (7) The Dean of the College of Nursing has recommended to the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus the appointment of Dr. Virginia M. Ohlson, presently Associate Professor of Nursing ( N ) , and of Preventive Medicine and Community Health ( M ) , as Professor of Public Health Nursing, and of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (M), on indefinite tenure, and Head of the Department of Public Health Nursing, beginning September 1, 1970, on a twelve months' service basis at an annual salary of $23,000. 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. Ohlson will permit establishment of the Department of Public Health Nursing. Dr. Ohlson has served informally as coordinator of teaching, research, and public service in the area of public health nursing at the College for the past seven years. The Chancellor and the Dean of the Graduate College has approved the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of D r . W a l k e r , 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 . HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION ENGINEERING, CHICAGO CIRCLE (8) The Dean of the College of Engineering at the Chicago Circle campus has recommended to the Chancellor the appointment of Dr. Leon H . Fisher, presently Senior Member, Electronic Sciences Laboratory, Research and Development Division, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Palo Alto, California, as Professor of Electrical Engineering on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department of Information Engineering, beginning January 1, 1971, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $27,000. Professor Herbert J. Stein has been Acting Head of the department since September 1, 1964. The nomination of Professor Fisher is supported by the Search Committee for the Headship of the Department 1 and by the faculty of the Department of Information Engineering. The Chancellor and the Dean of the Graduate College have approved the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , 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 .

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, URBANA

(9) T h e Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Mr. Robert B. Riley, presently Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Center for Environmental Research and Development at the University of New Mexico, as P r o fessor of Landscape Architecture on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, beginning September 1, 1970, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $22,000.

1 William Rostoker, Professor of Metallurgy in Materials Engineering, Chairman; Robert Arzbaecher, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in Information Engineering; John Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in Information Engineering; Phiiip Parzen, Professor of Electrical Engineering in Information Engineering; Chathilingatii Sanathanan, Associate Professor of Information Engineering; Swaminatha Sundaram, Professor of Physics and Head of the Department of Physics.