Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946
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936 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 11 MORNING SESSION, DECEMBER 11, 1945 During the morning session, the Board discussed, in conference with President Willard and President-elect Stoddard, the items on the agenda for the afternoon session and the general policies of the University with respect to the calendar, housing, services for veterans, the selection of deans, and other matters. ACTIONS OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W i t h the concurrence of members of the Board who were present, the Executive Committee took action on the following matters. SALARY OF MR. H. E. C U N N I N G H A M On motion of Mr. Davis, the following resolution was adopted: Due to the many added responsibilities handled by the Secretary of the Board and the Director of the University Press, be it resolved by the Executive Committee that the salary of H. E. Cunningham be $7,000 a year, effective as of September 1, 1945. The vote was as follows: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Dr. Meyer. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD T h e Executive Committee considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR THOMAS E. BENNER (1) Professor Thomas E. Benner of the College of Education is under consideration for temporary appointment as a Specialist in Higher Education under the Allied Control Council for Austria with headquarters in Vienna. Acceptance of this appointment if it is offered him is contingent on a leave of absence for one year. The Acting Dean of the College of Education is prepared to recommend such leave provided it will not adversely affect Professor Benner's tenure or other acquired rights as a member of the University faculty. The Acting Dean also reports that satisfactory provisions can be made for the instructional work of the College. A new major appointment to the staff has been made which will become effective in February, and another staff member now on military leave will return for service beginning with the second semester. If registrations in Education courses increase beyond what is now anticipated, Professor Benner's salary will be available for the employment of additional staff. I recommend the authorization of a leave of absence without pay for Professor Benner in accordance with the conditions indicated and that the President of the University be authorized to determine the effective and termination dates of such leave. O n motion of M r . Davis, this recommendation was adopted. SABBATICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR MORITZ GOLDHABER (2) Professor Moritz Goldhaber, of the Department of Physics, has applied for a sabbatical leave of absence on full pay for the second semester of the current academic year. He proposes to spend this time in research work in nuclear physics at the California Institute of Technology, where he will have the advantage of consultation with Professor J. R. Oppenheimer on theoretical questions. Professor Goldhaber has been doing research work in the field of nuclear physics at the University of Illinois for several years and has made an outstanding discovery which requires that certain nuclear theories be revised. Because the teaching load of the Department of Physics will be much greater in 1946-1947 and subsequent years than it is now, it will be more convenient for
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