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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 15

T h e nomination of Dr. Garvin is made with the advice of a search committee' and after consultation with all members of the faculty of the Department of Neurology of the rank of assistant professor and above. The Chancellor at the Medical Center recommends approval. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

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

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY. URBANA

(10) The Dean of the College of Agriculture has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Richard E. Ford, presently P r o fessor of Botany and Plant Pathology at Iowa State University, as Professor of Plant Pathology on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department of Plant Pathology, effective September 1, 1972, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $26,500. The appointment of Dr. Ford will fill the vacancy which will be created by the retirement of Professor W . M. Bever. The nomination of Dr. Ford was made with the advice of a search committee* and after consultation with members of the faculty of the Department. T h e nomination is supported by the Dean of the Graduate College. T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

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

CHAIRMANSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS. URBANA (11) The Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Paul T. Hartman, presently Associate Professor of Economics and of Labor and Industrial Relations, as Chairman of the Department of Economics beginning September 1, 1972, on an academic year service basis. H e will continue to hold the rank of Associate Professor of Economics, on an academic year basis, and will hold a full-time appointment as Professor in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations during the summer. His annual salary will be $21,000. Dr. Hartman will succeed Dr. John F . Due who requested that he not be reappointed as Chairman of the Department. T h e nomination is submitted after consultation with members of the faculty of the Department and on recommendation of its Executive Committee. The nomination is supported by 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. Forsyth, this appointment was approved.

CHAIRMANSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. URBANA (12) The Dean of the College of Education has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Joe R. Burnett, presently Professor of Philosophy of Education, as Professor of Philosophy of Education on indefinite tenure and Chairman of the Department of History and Philosophy of Education beginning September 1, 1972, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salarv of $21,350. Dr. Burnett will succeed Dr. Clarence J. Karier who asked to be relieved of

1 Morton D. Bogdonoff, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Chairman; Robert J. Leider, Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Martin J. O'Sullivan, Medical Student 4; George H. Pollock, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry; Ira M. Rosenthal, Professor of Pediatrics; Oscar Sugar, Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery; and Klaus R, Unna, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology. ' David Gottlieb, Professor of Plant Pathology, Chairman; James W. Gerdemann, Professor of Plant Pathology and in Agronomy and Forestry; John B. Hanson, Professor of Plant Physiology in Botany and Agronomy and Head of the Department of Botany; Malcolm C. Shurtleff, Processor of Plant Pathology; James B. Sinclair, Professor of Plant Pathology; Fred W. Slife, Professor of Crop Production in Agronomy; Chester C. Zych, Associate Professor of Horticulture.