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versity in 1943. H e served as Instructor and Assistant Professor in Bacteriology in the Washington University School of Medicine, 1945-48, was a Special Fellow of the United States Public Health Service 1948-49, and came to the University of Illinois as Professor of Bacteriology (later Microbiology) in 1949. Professor Spiegelman has received several recognitions and awards, including the Pasteur Award of the Illinois Society of Microbiologists in 1963 and selection as one of two United States biologists invited by the Pope to attend an international conference in the Vatican in 1961. H e is a member of many scientific societies and has served on several committees of the National Institutes of Health. H e recently delivered the Jesup Lectures at Columbia University, an honor bestowed on a select group of scholars. JOHN BARDEEN, Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Physics (reappointment). JOSEPH L. DOOB, Professor of Mathematics (reappointment). JULIAN H . STEWARD, Research Professor of Anthropology (reappointment). Associate Members ALFREDO A N G , Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, for one year from September 1, 1964; to develop basic mathematical approaches to general behavioral theories of nonlinear solids, including hardening plasticity and thermoplasticity. ARTHUR E. BARKER, Professor of English, first semester; to complete a study of the theological context and the psychological, ethical, and poetic implications of John Milton's theory of religious experience. MARGARET CHANDLER, Professor of Sociology, Chicago Undergraduate Division, for the academic year 1964-65; to make a statistical analysis and interpretation of research data being collected currently in Japan concerning Japanese industry and industrial management. EVELYN FRANK, Professor of Mathematics, Chicago Undergraduate Division, for the academic year 1964-65; to prepare a scholarly treatise on numerical continued fractions. GEORGIANA JAGIELLO, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Center, for the academic year 1964-65; to study meiotic divisions of the human spermatocyte and oocyte in normal and pathological states. J. ROBERT KELLY, Professor of Music, first semester; an extension of his Associate Membership to complete an opera to be entitled "The White Gods" based on the conquest of Aztec, Mexico, by Cortez. DAVID LAZARUS, Professor of Physics, for one year from September 1, 1964, on one-half time in the Center; to study the processes surrounding the formation and motion of point defects in solids with particular emphasis on their role in diffusion studies, nuclear magnetic resonance, internal friction, and microvolt potentiometry. LEE A. RUBEL, Associate Professor of Mathematics, first semester; to study the Riemann Hypothesis and to attempt to generalize the Nevanlinna theory of meromorphic functions, one of the major tools in mathematical analysis. SUNDARAM SESHU, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for the academic year 1964-65; to carry on research in the fields of self-repairing machines and sequential machines. MICHIO SUZUKI, Professor of Mathematics, first semester; to carry on studies aimed at the ultimate goal of classifying all the finite simple groups. NELSON W A X , Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for the academic year 1964-65; to study the theory of driven nonlinear oscillators and to complete a study of asymptotic coding bounds and decipherability in codes.

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

APPROPRIATION FOR RESIDENCES AT DIXON SPRINGS EXPERIMENT STATION (12) The Executive Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $14,000 to remodel two residences at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station, one of which will be in lieu of a new