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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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HEADSHIP O F T H E DEPARTMENT O F RADIO A N D TELEVISION, URBANA (7) T h e Dean of the College of Communications has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Patrick Welch, presently P r o fessor of Communications and Chairman of the Department of Communications at the University of Houston, as Professor of Radio and Television on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department of Radio and Television, beginning September 1, 1970, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $19,500. Dr. Welch will succeed Professor Hubert V. Cordier who resigned August 31, 1968. Professor F . E. Schooley has been Acting Head. T h e nomination of Dr. Welch is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the Department with the rank of assistant professor and above. T h e nomination is supported by the Executive Committee of the College and the Dean of the Graduate College. T h e Chancellor at UrbanaChampaign approves the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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 .

HEADSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF P H A R M A C O G N O S Y A N D PHARMACOLOGY, MEDICAL CENTER

(8) T h e Dean of the College of Pharmacy has recommended to the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus the appointment of Dr. Norman R. Farnsworth, presently Professor of Pharmacognosy and Chairman of the Department at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh, as Professor of Pharmacognosy on indefinite tenure and head of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, beginning September 1, 1970, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $25,000. This appointment is to succeed Dr. Ralph F . Voigt, who will retire effective August 31, 1970. The nomination of Dr. Farnsworth is made with the advice of a search committee 2 and after consultation with all members of the faculty of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology of the rank of assistant professor and above. The Chancellor and the Dean of the Graduate College at the Medical Center approve the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

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

APPOINTMENTS TO T H E FACULTY (9) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant P r o fessor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated: A — indefinite tenure; P — indefinite term appointment for part-time service only; B — t w o years; D — one year; E — nine months from the beginning of the academic year; F — one-year appointment ending other than August 31; G — special tenure; Q — initial term appointment for a Professor or Associate Professor; _ T — terminal appointment, accompanied with or preceded by notice of non-reappointment; W —one-year appointment subject t o special written agreement; Y —twelve months' service required instead of two semesters; X — percentages opposite X are for the academic year; full-time summer service is indicated by " S " ; 1-7 — indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure.

1 Jay W. Jensen, Professor of Journalism and Head of the Department, Chairman; John Z. Cramer, Assistant Professor of Radio and Television and News Supervisor of the Radio Station; Henry W. Lippold, Jr., Assistant Professor of Radio and Television and Supervisor of Television ! Martin I. Blake, Professor of Pharmacy and Head of the Department, Chairman; Conrad A Blomquist, Assistant Dean, College of Pharmacy; Frank A. Crane, Professor of Pharmacognosy;" Ernst R. Kirch, Professor of Chemistry; Arthur E. W. Smith, Professor of Pharmacology.