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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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On roll call, Mr. Jensen's original motion was carried, and the amendment to the By-laws was adopted as presented, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Meyer; not voting, Mr. Livingston ; absent, Mr. Green, Mr. Wieland.

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

On request of the President of the University, the Board considered the following matters in executive session.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY ( i ) Following the death last summer of Dr. H . Douglas Singer, Professor and H e a d of Department of Psychiatry, a special committee was appointed to make a canvass of prospective candidates and a recommendation for the appointment of a successor. In September, 1940, the committee began its work with a study of the problems involved in the educational and scientific program of the Department of Psychiatry and its obligations to the State of Illinois which naturally have a bearing on the type of individual selected for this position. T h e committee submits the following recommendations: 1. T h e appointment, on indefinite tenure, of Dr. Francis J. Gerty, now P r o fessor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Loyola University Medical School and Medical Director of the Cook County Psychopathic Hospital, as Professor and H e a d of the Department of Psychiatry, on one-half time at an annual salary of $5,000 (on the basis of a full-time rate of $10,000) beginning J u n e I, 1941. 2. T h e appointment, on indefinite tenure, of Dr. P . L. Schroeder, now P r o fessor and H e a d of the Department of Criminology, Social Hygiene, and Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Illinois and Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research in the State Department of Public Welfare, as Professor of Psychiatry in charge of child psychiatry and of the children's ward in the Neuropsychiatric Institute, on one-half time beginning September I, 1941, without salary on the clinical staff. Doctor Schroeder has been recommended by the Director of the Department of Public Welfare to serve as State Alienist, a position formerly held by Doctor Singer. ( T h e University of Illinois concurs in this and has so advised the Director.) 3. The appointment of a full-time associate professor of psychiatry who wiil be primarily interested in fundamental research at an annual salary of approximately $5,000. I recommend approval of the appointments of Doctors Gerty and Schroeder as recommended by the committee. I also concur in Recommendation No. 3 in principle, but final action on this should be deferred until the budget for 19411943 has been passed by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor, when the financial resources of the University for the next biennium will be known.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, these recommendations were adopted.

APPOINTMENT OF W . NORRIS W E N T W O R T H AS DIRECTOR OF RESIDENCE HALLS (2) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department recommends the appointment of W . Norris Wentworth as Director of Residence Halls, for one year from July I, 1941, at a salary of $3,000, plus meals in the halls. His salary will be paid from Residence Halls operating funds. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mrs. Grigsby, this appointment was made as recommended. At this point, President Cleary announced that the meeting was open, and the representatives of several newspapers were admitted.