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UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S

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tive Vice President and Provost and with the continuation of an intercampus Executive Committee. This recommendation was submitted by the Executive Vice President and Provost to the University Council on Graduate Education and Research, which endorsed it. The three chancellors have also indicated their approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . TRANSFER OF TWO RESEARCH UNITS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS TO THE GRADUATE COLLEGE (6) The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended that the Medical Research Laboratory and the Research Resources Laboratory be designated as special units of the Graduate College, in accordance with Section 18 of the University of Illinois Statutes. Each of these units has been in existence for many years, with their directors reporting directly to the Chancellor. Since the purpose of these units is to conduct or promote research in areas which are broader than the responsibility of any one department or college, it is believed they should more properly be administered as special units of the Graduate College. The Research Board, the Executive Committee of the Graduate College, and the Dean of the Graduate College at the Medical Center campus have been consulted and join in the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

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

CHANGE OF NAME FOR Y.W.C.A. BUILDING, URBANA

(7) On recommendation of the Department of Mathematics and with the concurrence of the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Chancellor recommends that the present Y.W.C.A. building, 801 South Wright Street, Champaign, be renamed "Coble Hall" in honor of the late Arthur B. Coble, a distinguished member of the Department of Mathematics. The building will be occupied by the Department of Mathematics and by campus administrative offices (Business Affairs Office and a part of the Chancellor's Office).1 Arthur Byron Coble was born in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, in 1878. H e completed undergraduate studies at Gettysburg College in 1897 and received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1902. H e was an instructor at the University of Missouri 1902-1903 and spent the following year in Germany as a Carnegie research assistant. H e returned to Johns Hopkins in 1904 and remained there until 1918 when he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois. In 1933, he was named Head of the Department of Mathematics, a post he retained until his retirement in 1947. In addition to his work as teacher and administrator, Professor Coble was the author of many articles which earned him distinction as a mathematician and pre-eminence in the field of algebraic geometry. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds has been consulted and concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES Medical Center (8) The Chancellor, on behalf of the Medical Center Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations, recommends the following appropriations from the: Medical Center Contract Research Reserve Office of Physical Plant Planning and Construction : Remodeling in the Medical Sciences Addition to install a Model IBM 360-44 computer for the Research Resources Laboratory $19 750

1 Inasmuch as most of the building will be used by the Department of Mathematics, it is recommended that the building be named for a member of tbe faculty rather than giving it a functional name.