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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 24

i. JOHN R. GRIFFIN, Housing Visitor, Dean of Students' Office, beginning October 11, 1954, at an annual salary of $3,000. 2. JOHN L. HAYES, Senior Accountant-Statistician, Bureau of Educational Research, beginning September 13, 1954, at an annual salary of $4,800.

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

HEADSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (3) Professor H . C. M. Case, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, has asked to be relieved of the headship of the Department and to be put on one-half time service basis as Professor so that he may also serve as General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists. T h e University has received a grant of $75,000 from the Kellogg Foundation to underwrite the operating costs of this Conference and one-half of Professor Case's salary will be paid from that trust fund. I have approved this change in his status effective February 1, 1955. The Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station recommends the appointment of Dr. Laurence J. Norton, now Professor of Agricultural Economics, as Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics in the College and Station (half-time in each) on indefinite tenure beginning February 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $12,000 on Y basis. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h e c h a n g e in s t a t u s of P r o f e s s o r Case a n d t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of P r o f e s s o r N o r t o n w e r e a p p r o v e d . HEADSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (4) The Dean of the College of Medicine and Chairman of the Administrative Committee for the Chicago Professional Colleges recommends the appointment of Dr. William F. Mengert, now Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas, as Professor and H e a d of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on indefinite tenure beginning July 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $18,000 on Y basis. This will be a full-time appointment and will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Frederick H . Falls last year. In the meantime Dr. Vincent C. Freda, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been serving as Acting Head of the Department. Dr. Mengert has been nominated for this position by a special search committee headed by Dr. W a r r e n H. Cole, Head of the Department of Surgery. It will be noted from Dr. Mengert's biographical sketch that he is a highly qualified specialist as well as teacher and investigator in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and that he has a distinguished record in that field. H e is the author or co-author of eighty-five scientific articles. I concur in this recommendation. In order to attract Dr. Mengert, it was necessary to make certain commitments for gradually strengthening the Department, specifically to provide for some full-time positions, including the headship of the Department. (Dr. Falls was on 75 per cent time at $10,500.) Dr. Mengert wishes to develop a full-time department and as a first step it will be necessary to create two new full-time positions at the assistant professor level and to increase somewhat the expense and equipment budget of the Department. Later, several of the present parttime salaried staff will be transferred to the nonsalaried staff. Provision for these changes has been included as a high priority item in the biennial budget estimates for 1955-57.

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

HEADSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY ( 5 ) I regret to report the sudden and untimely death on December 24 of Dr. Fremont A. Chandler, Professor and H e a d of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. H e had been a member of the University faculty since 1943. On recommendation of the Dean of the College of Medicine and Chairman of the Administrative Committee for the Chicago Professional Colleges, I have approved the appointment of Dr. C. N. Lambert, Clinical Associate Professor ot