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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 10

MONTAGUE, PATRICIA T., Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Urbana) — leave of absence, without pay, for the first semester of 1966-67. POWELL, DWIGHT, Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Horticulture (C, S, and E) ( U r b a n a ) — l e a v e of absence, without pay, for the period February 15 through June 30, 1967, so that he may accept a visiting lectureship at the University of Minnesota. SAUEK, ELMER L., Professor of Rural Development Extension, Department of Agricultural Economics (E) ( U r b a n a ) — l e a v e of absence, without pay, from February 22 through June 30, 1967, so that he may accept a Fulbright-Hays grant to work at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. ULANOWSKY, PAUL, Professor of Music (Urbana) — leave of absence, without pay, for the second semester of 1966-67. CHANGES IN SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE BELFORD, R. L I N N , Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Urbana) — sabbatical leave of absence, for the first semester, on full pay, changed to leave of absence for the academic year, on one-half pay. CASAGRANDE, JOSEPH B., Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Department (Urbana)—sabbatical leave of absence for the academic year 1966-67, on one-half pay, changed to leave of absence for the first semester of 1966-67, on full pay. KIRSTEIN, LAURETTE, Coordinator of Foreign Students at Chicago Circle and Assistant Professor of English for Foreign Students — sabbatical leave of absence granted her for the second semester of the academic year 1966-67, on full pay, is hereby cancelled without prejudice. W A H L , FLOYD M., Associate Professor of Geology (Urbana) — sabbatical leave of absence granted him for the second semester of the academic year 1966-67, on full pay, is hereby cancelled without prejudice. STATEMENT BY MR. IRVING DILLIARD

Mr. Dilliard presented the following statement which he requested be included in the record of today's meeting.

Ms. PRESIDENT :

I have requested a few minutes today to present a matter that seems to me to be of much importance to the University of Illinois and to the people who support it with their tax dollars. If this subject is not widely talked about now, I can assure you that it will be under discussion and of concern in the future. As justification for this prediction, I call attention to how little notice was being paid to the matter of educational opportunities and faculty appointments for Negroes when that subject was first brought before this Board of Trustees five and a half years ago. Since then, a significant share of the efforts of our colleges and universities has been directed to increasing the number of students from disadvantaged homes and to giving them special assistance where needed and deserved and also to obtaining faculty positions for qualified Negro teachers and scholars. The extent to which the University of Illinois subsequently has joined in these national concerns is set forth in some detail in the November 1 issue (No. 129) of the Faculty Letter. W h a t I call attention to now is another area of discrimination and prejudice which I am sorry to say mars far too many of our colleges and universities. As a citizen of Illinois and an alumnus of the University, as well as a member of this Board, I would like to see my University become recognized nationally as a leader in dispelling this discrimination and prejudice. I refer to the inferior status of women in the academic world generally. I know full well that there are notable exceptions for I have compiled a list of those that are outstanding, but the fact remains that generally speaking they continue to be exceptions. Just what the situation now is at the Urbana-Champaign campus and in the University of Illinois as a whole with respect to the treatment of women as teachers and scholars, in terms of rank, compensation, and advancement, I confess frankly I do not know. What it was when I was an undergraduate forty