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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 12

ACTING DEANSH1P OF COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AT CHICAGO CIRCLE (5) T h e Chancellor at Chicago Circle has recommended the appointment of Robert W. French, presently on the faculty, as Professor of Economics and of Management at Chicago Circle on indefinite tenure, Staff Associate in the Chicago Office of the President and Acting Dean of the College of Business Administration at Chicago Circle, on a twelve months' service basis, beginning December 1, 1966, at an annual salary of $23,500. Professor French will succeed Dean Raymond W. Coleman who has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment so that he may devote full time to teaching. I have approved this appointment and request confirmation of my action.

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

DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER (6) The Chancellor at the Medical Center recommends the appointment of Dr. Anthony J. Diekema, presently Associate Director of Admissions and Records at the Medical Center, as Director of Admissions and Records at the Medical Center for two years from September 1, 1967, at an annual salary o£ $17,000, on a twelve months' service basis. H e will continue as Research Associate in the Office of Research in Medical Education in the College of Medicine and Assistant P r o fessor of Sociology in the College of Pharmacy, on an annual basis. This appointment is to succeed Director George R. Moon who will retire on August 31, 1967. The appointment has the endorsement of the deans of the colleges at the Medical Center, and the approval of the University Dean of Admissions and Records, the Dean of the Graduate College, and the Executive Vice-President and Provost. I recommend approval.

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

MODIFICATION OF THE PROGRAM FOR SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND OF SECTION 4 0 OF THE UNIVERSITY STATUTES (7) The provisions in the University Statutes for sabbatical leaves of absence are stated so as to fit the semester calendar but not the quarter calendar — insofar as staff members appointed for the academic year are concerned. The present proposal would establish an alternative, optional arrangement primarily lor the benefit of faculty members on academic-year appointment at the Chicago Circle campus or at the Medical Center campus. The quarter system is in operation at these two campuses. This proposal is available to the faculty at Urbana insofar as it is feasible for staff members there to take advantage of it. The present provisions for sabbatical leaves in Section 40 of the Statutes may be summarized as follows : 1. After six years on full-time appointment as an instructor or in higher rank since his original appointment or since the termination of his last leave on salary, the individual may be granted a sabbatical leave for : (a) One year with pay equal to one-half of his annual salary. (b) One-half year at full salary. 2. In exceptional cases, where the interests of the department and the University would be clearly served thereby, leave may be granted for a half year at half pay at the end of three years of consecutive service. Since the academic year on the quarter system is divided into three parts, it is usually not feasible for a faculty member on academic-year appointment to take sabbatical leave for a half year — since such a period would either end or begin at the midpoint of the second quarter. In order to translate the present statutory provisions into equivalent benefits in terms of the quarter system, the following optional schedule is proposed: 1. After the completion of four academic years of full-time, continuous service, the