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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Chicago Circle

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Spanish VIOLET BERGQUIST, Associate Professor of Spanish, winter quarter 1969-70, full pay. Department of Speech and Theatre DONALD H. DICKINSON, Professor of Speech, winter quarter 1969-70, full pay. Urbana-Champaign College of Commerce and Business Administration Department of Business Administration DONALD MERLE ROBERTS, Associate Professor of Business Administration, academic year 1969-70, one-half pay; or first semester, full pay; full-year leave contingent upon receipt of supplementary financial aid. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Political Science GEORGE MANNER, Associate Professor of Political Science, second semester 1969-70, full pay. Department of Sociology ALEXANDER VUCINICH, Professor of Sociology, first semester 1969-70, one-half pay. College of Education Department of Special Education ROBERT A. HENDERSON, Professor of Special Education and Chairman of the Department, and Professor in the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, academic year 1969-70, half pay, or first semester 1969-70, full pay; fullyear leave contingent upon receipt of supplementary financial aid. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h e s e l e a v e s w e r e g r a n t e d a s r e q u e s t e d . HONORARY DEGREES, CHICAGO CIRCLE AND MEDICAL CENTER (11) The University Senates at Chicago Circle and at the Medical Center have recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following: At the Commencement Exercises at Chicago Circle on June 15, 1969 HELEN HAYES, actress, the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters At the Commencement Exercises at the Medical Center on June 12, 1969 MAYNARD K. H I N E , Chancellor, Indiana University — Purdue University at Indianapolis, the Degree of Doctor of Science I concur in the recommendations of the Senates. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e d e g r e e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d a s r e c ommended. LOAN F U N D ( S ) FOR NEW STAFF FROM ABROAD, URBANA (12) The Chancellor at Urbana has proposed that a Foreign Staff Loan Fund be established from contributions obtained by participating departments from private sources. State funds or student loan funds would not be utilized. New staff members arriving from foreign countries may be limited by their governments in the amount of money they may bring into the United States. Consequently, some do not have sufficient funds for basic living expenses until the end of the first pay period under their appointment. At present funds are being provided by personal loans from fellow staff members or loans from local banks, procedures that operate unevenly and may be imperfectly understood by new staff from overseas. The proposed fund will be administered by the loan section o£ the business office at Urbana. Loans will be restricted to staff at the rank of research associate, instructor, or higher whose native country imposes restrictions with the con-