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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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H. S. STILLWELL, Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (new appointment). Alumni Association GEORGE R. CATLETT, Class of 1939; partner in the firm of Arthur Andersen and Company, Certified Public Accountants, 120 South LaSalle Street, Chicago (reappointment; Mr. Catlett has been serving on the Board since March, 1961). CHARLES C. DADANT, Class of 1941, Member of the firm of Dadant and Sons, Inc., Hamilton (reappointment; Mr. Dadant has been serving on the Board since March, 1963). CHARLES H . STOTZ, Class of 1939, Executive Secretary, West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association, La Grange (new appointment).

On motion of Mr. Pogue, these appointments were approved.

HONORARY DEGREES (3) The University Senates have recommended that honorary degrees be conferred upon the following and on the occasions indicated. ADLAI EWING STEVENSON, United States Representative to the United Nations, and former Governor of Illinois, the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, to be conferred at the Honors Day Convocation on May 1, 1964, at which Ambassador Stevenson will give the Honors Day address. VIRGIL MELVIN HANCHEE, President of the State University of Iowa, the degree of Doctor of Arts, to be conferred at the Commencement Exercises for graduates of the colleges at the Medical Center in Chicago on June 11, 1964, at which President Hancher will give the Commencement address. W. ALBERT NOYES, JR., Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Retired, at the University of Rochester; former Head of the Department of Chemistry, former Dean of the Graduate School, and former Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rochester; and now Professor at the University of Texas, the degree of Doctor of Science, to be conferred at the Commencement Exercises at Urbana-Champaign on June 13, 1964. Dr. Noyes will deliver the Commencement address on June 13. H e is the son of the late Dr. William Albert Noyes, Sr., who was Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from 1907-26. LUDWIG M I E S VAN DER R O H E , distinguished architect, former Director of the School of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, now retired, the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, to be conferred at the Commencement Exercises at Urbana-Champaign on June 13, 1964. I concur in the recommendations of the Senates.

On motion of Mr. Dilliard, these degrees were authorized, as recommended.

APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY (4) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. 1. PAUL CHUNG, Assistant Professor of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, on two-fifths time, for six months from February 1, 1964, at a salary of $2,200. 2. ROBERT O. CRUMMEY, Assistant Professor of History, beginning September 1, 1964, at an annual salary of $7,400. 3. ANTHONY J. DIEKEMA, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Records, Medical Center, beginning August 1, 1964, at an annual salary of $12,000. 4. ROBERT W . EDWARDS, Assistant Professor of Architecture, beginning March 1, 1964, at an annual salary of $8,000. 5. MARGARET Y. GEORGE, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, Chicago Undergraduate Division, for the second semester of 1963-64, at a salary of $3,500. 6. EMILY S. GIRAULT, Assistant Professor of Secondary and Continuing Education, beginning September 1, 1964, at an annual salary of $8,600. 7. WILLIAM J. GREEK, Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Health, College of Dentistry, beginning February 1, 1964, without salary. 8. J. FRANCIS HARTMANN, Research Professor of Neurobiology, College of Medicine, for one year from September 1, 1964, without salary.