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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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8. Hatchet planimeter — Norman McFarland, Associate Professor of Art, inventor; developed under a contract with the National Science Foundation. This device consists of an arm of known length with a tracing point at one end and a hatchet blade at the other end. The hatchet blade controls the direction in which its end of the arm will move as the tracing point is guided by the operator around the outline of an irregular plane figure of unknown area. The distance the hatchet blade is displaced, multiplied by the length of the arm, produces a very close approximation of the area of the traced irregular figure. T h e Committee recommends that the rights of the University be assigned to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the United States Government. 9. Specific tritium labeling procedure for purine containing compounds — John M. Clark, Jr., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, and Keith R. Shelton, graduate student, inventors; developed under contract with the United States Public Health Service. This invention relates to a simplified procedure for specifically and stably labeling a variety of purine containing compounds with the radioactive isotope tritium. Procedures presently used to produce radioactively labeled purine containing compounds are more complex. The Committee recommends that the rights of the University be assigned to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the United States Public Health Service. 10. Compiler for automated teaching operations — Donald L. Bitzer, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Associate Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Andrew J. Hanson, Student Assistant, Masako Secrest, Research Associate in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Stephen W. Singer, Student Assistant, and Michael W . Walker, Student Assistant, inventors; developed under a contract with the United States Army Signal Corps, the Joint Services Electronics Program, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency. This invention involves a system consisting of a "compiler," which accepts a language that describes the many different strategies available to the teacher and a modified version of the F O R T R A N 60 language for the Control Data 1064, and a "resident" program which uses the tables and programs generated by the compiler program to respond in the way the teacher has specified to requests from each student-operated console. The invention exploits similarities in the structure of most teaching programs employing a central computer and man}' stations while allowing the educator wide freedom in his choice of an experimental or teaching strategy. The Committee recommends that the rights of the University be assigned to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the United States Government. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . SECRETARY'S REPORTS T h e S e c r e t a r y p r e s e n t e d f o r r e c o r d t h e f o l l o w i n g l i s t s : a p p o i n t m e n t s to t h e faculty m a d e b y t h e P r e s i d e n t ; resignations, declinations, cancellat i o n s , a n d t e r m i n a t i o n s ; l e a v e s of a b s e n c e ; c a n c e l l a t i o n of s a b b a t i c a l l e a v e s of a b s e n c e . APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT (The date in parentheses is the date on which the appointment was approved by the President of the University. C = College; S = Station; E = Extension.) Chicago Circle WILLIAM E. BEZDEK, Instructor in Sociology, 2/3 time, winter and spring quarters 1966-67, $3,200(1-23-67). RAYMOND W . COLEMAN, Professor of Economics and of Management, indefinite tenure from March 1, 1967, academic year service basis, $20,050 a year, supersedes (12-29-66). GERALD A. DANZER, Instructor in Education and History, i/£ time, December 16, 1966-June IS, 1967, $2,400 (2-7-67).