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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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the Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics, beginning June 16, 1963, at an annual salary of $11,600. CHARLES W. MIGNON, JR., Assistant Professor of English, beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $7,000. HARRY L. MUNSINGER, Assistant Professor of Psychology, beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $7,500. D. V. REDDY, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, for the academic year 1963-1964, at a salary of $7,500. GILBERT WRIGHT, Assistant Professor of English, beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $7,300.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these appointments were confirmed.

T H E ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AT THE CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION

(6) The Vice-President for the Chicago Undergraduate Division recommends that a new position with the title of Assistant Vice-President be established and that Associate Dean H. W. Bailey of the faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences be appointed to this position for two years beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $18,300. The Assistant Vice-President would perform such functions as might be assigned to him by the Vice-President for the Chicago Undergraduate Division. Among other duties, he would be responsible for studies of space utilization, enrollment projections, and staff needs. He would also supervise the preparation of official publications of the Division, including college bulletins and other announcements. This recommendation has been reviewed and approved by the Executive Vice-President and Provost. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved.

SCHOOL OF ASSOCIATED MEDICAL SCIENCES

(7) The University Senate at the Medical Center recommends that (1) there be established within the College of Medicine a School of Associated Medical Sciences with a Director who will also serve as either Assistant Dean or Associate Dean of the College of Medicine; (2) the two new curricula in Medical Record Administration and General Medical Technology, previously recommended by the Senate and approved by the Board of Trustees on January 17, 1963, and such other curricula of this class as may hereafter be established, be administered by the School of Associated Medical Sciences; and that (3) the existing curriculum in Occupational Therapy be changed from its present departmental status in the College of Medicine to a curriculum in the School of Associated Medical Sciences. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved.

CONTRACT W I T H DEPARTMENT OF STATE. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. FOR SERVICES TO SIERRA LEONE

(8) In the summer of 1962, a team from the government of Sierra Leone and the United States Agency for International Development Mission in that country visited the University of Illinois and conferred with University officials concerning the need for a land-grant type of institution in Sierra Leone. Subsequently, at the request of the AID, the University of Illinois sent a survey team1 under the direction of Associate Dean Karl E. Gardner of the College of Agriculture to Sierra Leone to study the feasibility of a proposed union of two existing

1 Karl E. Gardner, Associate Dean of College of Agriculture, and Professor of Nutrition, in the Department of Dairy Science, Chief of Party; Russell T. Odell, Professor of Soil Pedology in the Department of Agronomy; M. Ray Karnes, Professor of Education in the Bureau of Educational Research; James E. Crawford, Supervisor of Counseling and Operations in the Men's Residence Halls.