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omous "schools" within the College of Medicine, each with its own dean. T h e Dean of the present College of Medicine would become Executive Dean of the reorganized College, in accordance with the recommendation made in the preceding item of the agenda for this meeting. As a further step in the implementation of the plan of reorganization, the Dean of the College of Medicine, with the concurrence of the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, has recommended that the first of the semiautonomous "schools" be established as of January 1, 1970, and that it be named "The Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine." The new School would comprise all of the clinical departments within the present College of Medicine. Its name was proposed by the heads of these departments. (It has been decided not to include the term "clinical" in the names of the schools responsible for the last three years of the revised medical curriculum — although this usage had been indicated in the proposal submitted to the Board of Trustees on July 23, 1969.) T h e Dean of the College of Medicine, with the concurrence of the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, recommends the appointment of Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt, presently Associate Professor of Medicine on indefinite tenure and Executive Associate Dean, as Professor of Medicine on indefinite tenure and Dean of T h e Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine beginning January 1, 1970, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $37,000. T h e nomination of Dr. Schmidt is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with the heads of the clinical departments of the College of Medicine. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs in these recommendations. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Grimes, the establishment of this school was authorized and the appointment was approved. PROPOSAL T O REORGANIZE A N D RENAME THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION A N D THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL CENTER

(7) The Dean of the College of Medicine recommends, with the concurrence of the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, that the functions performed by the Office of Research in Medical Education and the Center for the Study of Medical Education be combined into a single unit to be called the Center for Educational Development. T h e Center for Educational Development will be organized and administered as a unit of the Office of the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine. Dr. George E. Miller, Professor of Medicine on indefinite tenure and currently in charge of the Office of Research in Medical Education and the Center for the Study of Medical Education, will serve as Director of the proposed Center for Educational Development. The newly organized Center will have the following responsibilities: continuation of fundamental research in medical education; provision of assistance in development of curriculum strategy and tactics to the faculties of the several schools within the College; instructional and evaluation methods; instruction of new faculty members in educational process, particularly in the clinical centers, and the new schools of clinical medicine; and, finally, to plan, organize, and conduct the expanded programs of continuing medical education to be offered by the College of Medicine. T h e University's budget request for operations for fiscal year 1970-71 as

1 Lloyd M. Nyhus, Professor and Head of Surgery, Chairman; Erick Albert, third-year medical student; Albert H. Andrews, Professor of Bronchoesopbagology and Head of Otolaryngology; Rolf M. Gunnar, Professor of Medicine; Cecil A. Krakower, Professor and Head of Pathology; Edward A. Lichter, Professor and Head of Preventive Medicine and Community Health; Alfred Nisonoff, Professor and Head of Biological Chemistry; Ira M. Rosenthal, Professor of Pediatrics; Melvin Sabshin, Professor and Head of Psychiatry, Vice Chairman; Irving Schulman, Professor and Head of Pediatrics; William Schumer, Professor of Surgery; John T. Sharp, Professor of Medicine; Ralph M. Wynn, Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology.