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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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W E L D O N POWELL PROFESSORSHIPS IN ACCOUNTANCY (5) On December 8, 1966, the Board of Trustees authorized acceptance of gifts deposited with the University of Illinois Foundation and the establishment of a Professorship in Accountancy named in honor of the late Weldon Powell. The Department of Accountancy now recommends that the funds received for this purpose by the University of Illinois Foundation be used to establish Weldon Powell Memorial Awards and to establish the Weldon Powell Memorial Lectureship Series. The memorial awards would be available to Professors of Accountancy on the Urbana-Champaign campus, and the lectureship series would be held either on the Chicago Circle campus, the Urbana-Champaign campus, or elsewhere as seems appropriate. The funds now on deposit are in excess of $130,000. Both programs would be supported by these funds and the earnings thereon, with approximately 80 per cent of the contributed funds devoted to support the Weldon Powell Memorial Awards, and 20 per cent to the financial support of the Weldon Powell Memorial Lectureship Series. Both principal and interest would be expended as needed. The Executive Vice-President and Provost recommends the establishment of the Weldon Powell Memorial Awards and the Weldon Powell Memorial Lectureship Series. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o n e s , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4 8 OF T H E UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS STATUTES (6) With the concurrence of the Chancellors at each campus, I submit for the consideration of the Board an amendment to Section 48 of the University of Illinois Statutes so that the Section would read as follows: Dean of Students or Student Affairs Sec. 48 (a) Upon recommendation of the Chancellor at each campus and on the nomination of the President, the Board of Trustees may appoint biennially a dean who shall have general supervision over extracurricular activities of students at that campus. (b) The responsibility and authority of this officer are set forth in the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. I recommend provisional approval of this amendment, with the stipulation that the Trustees defer final approval until the present action has been reported to the Senates of all three campuses for their information and further advice. 1 O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Kerner, Dr. Weatherly. REORGANIZATION OF DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE, URBANA (7) The Dean of Students at Urbana has recommended and the Chancellor has concurred in a plan for the reorganization of his office. Appointments to newlytitled positions and rearrangement of responsibilities will be on acting basis during the 1967-68 academic year subject to further review. The new organization provides that the present Dean of Women will hold the title Dean of Student Personnel and Dean of Women, and that the post of Dean of Men, now vacant, be replaced by a new position, Dean of Student Programs and Services. It is expected that during 1967-68 experience with the new plan of operation will permit further development and refinement of the proposal. However, it is the intent of the Dean of Students that the work of his office will be brought to clearer focus in two major administrative positions: (1) the Dean of Student Personnel and Dean of Women will be responsible for personnel and guidance work

1 Although the amendment contemplates the ultimate discontinuance of the title University Dean of Students, the incumbent (Dean Fred H. Turner) will continue to hold the title during his tenure at the University.