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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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HEADSHIP O F T H E DEPARTMENT OF DANCE, URBAN A (4) T h e Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, has recommended to the Chancellor the appointment of Miss Janis L. Stockman, presently Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Department of Dance, and Counselor in the Council on Teacher Education, as Associate Professor of Dance and of Secondary and Continuing Education on indefinite tenure, Counselor in the Council on Teacher Education and Head of the Department of Dance, Urbana, beginning September 1, 1969, on an academic-year service basis, at an annual salary of $12,300. The nomination of Professor Stockman is supported by the Executive Committee of the College and the faculty of the Department of Dance. The Executive Vice President and Provost, the Chancellor, and the Dean of the Graduate College concur. I recommend approval,

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

CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, URBANA (5) T h e Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana, has recommended to the Chancellor the appointment of Dr. David S. Shwayder, presently Professor of Philosophy, as Professor of Philosophy on indefinite tenure and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy for two years beginning September 1, 1969, on an academic-year service basis, at an annual salary of $22,500. This appointment is to succeed Professor B. J. Diggs who has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. This recommendation is submitted upon nomination of the Executive Committee of the Department, and is supported by the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Executive Vice President and Provost, the Chancellor, and the Dean of the Graduate College concur. I recommend approval.

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

C H A N G E IN ORGANIZATION A N D APPOINTMENT OF H E A D OF DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE. URBANA

(6) The members of the Department of Architecture of professorial rank at Urbana have voted to request a change in departmental organization from that of a department with a chairman to that of a department with a head. T h e Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts recommends that the form of organization requested be approved and that Professor Jack H . Swing, currently Chairman of the Department, be appointed Head of the Department. The Chancellor and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur. I recommend approval of these changes to become effective September 1, 1969.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation and appointment were approved.

HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, CHICAGO CIRCLE (7) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the Chancellor the appointment of Dr. Edwin Burton Levine, presently Professor of Classics, on indefinite tenure, as Head of the Department of Classics beginning June 1, 1969, at an annual salary of $17,000 divided as follows: $16,000 as Professor of Classics and $1,000 as Head of the Department, on an academic-year service basis. This recommendation is submitted after consultation with all members of the Department and with the approval of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Chancellor, I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , 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 . APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY (8) 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.