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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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13. MARY E. SULLIVAN, Consultant with rank of Associate Professor, in the Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work, beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $11,750. 14. EARLE F . ZEIGLER, Professor of Physical Education for Men, beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $12,000.

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

CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY (5) T h e Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Professor Bernard J. Diggs as Chairman of the Department of Philosophy for two years beginning September 1, 1963, at an annual salary of $13,000. T h e present Chairman, Professor Frederick L. Will, has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment so that he may devote full time to teaching and research. This recommendation is submitted on nomination by a search committee, 1 and after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Department, and is concurred in by the Executive Vice-President and Provost. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this appointment was approved.

GRADUATE PROGRAM LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOLOGY (6) On recommendation of the School of Life Sciences and with the concurrence of the Executive Committee of the Graduate College, the Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended establishment of a graduate program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, for training graduate students in coordinated interdepartmental areas of biology. Admission Requirements A grade-point average of at least 3.7S for the last sixty hours of work. Students entering the program must meet the admission requirements of the approved area of specialization and in addition have some general training in botany, microbiology, and zoology, with at least a year of college physics, chemistry through organic, and mathematics through analytic geometry. Requirements for the Degree College requirements: All students are required to fulfill the general requirements of the Graduate College, including residence, languages, preliminary and final examinations, and the thesis. Individual programs: A student who elects to major in a particular area of biology and who satisfies the admission requirements in that area will pursue a program of graduate study planned in consultation with his major professor and subject to the approval of the area committee. Administration of the Program Major programs in specific areas must be approved by the Executive Committee of the School of Life Sciences, which consists of the Director and the heads or chairmen of the departments. N o major program shall be approved until it has been discussed with the departments concerned in that particular area. Responsibility for the supervision of programs in a major area will rest with an area committee. This committee will consist of an appropriate number of staff members appointed by the Director of the School. Qualified students may elect as major adviser any staff member participating in the major curriculum. Doctoral committees are recommended by the chairman of an area committee and transmitted through the Director's OfHce to the Dean of the Graduate College.

1 George T. Frampton, Professor of Law, Chairman; Bernard J. Diggs, Professor of Philosophy; Max H. Fisch, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Member of the Center for Advanced Study; Norman Kretzmann, Assistant Professor of Philosophy; and Frederick L. Will, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy.