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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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to convey to Purchasers, not in tenancy in common, but in joint tenancy, title to the following described property, viz: Lot Nine (9) of James Elmo Smith's East Oregon Street Addition to the City of Urbana, being a part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Sixteen (16), Township Nineteen (19) North, Range Nine (9) East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, situated in the City of Urbana, in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, the sales of these properties at the prices recommended were authorized, and each of the foregoing resolutions was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY (3) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant P r o fessor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. 1. J. CEDRIC CARTER, Professor of Plant Pathology in the Graduate College, beginning April 1, 1955, without salary ( A ) . 2. GERTRUDE B. COUCH, Associate Professor of Physical Education, beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $6,500 ( A ) . 3. A. DWIGHT CULLER, Associate Professor of English, beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $7,200 ( A ) . 4. ARNOLD M. FEINGOLD, Assistant Professor of Physics, beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $5.7°° ( D ) . 5. GEORGE B. MAXEY, Research Associate Professor of Geology in the Graduate College, beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $810 (1/10 time) (A). 6. ROBERT M. PALMER, George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Music, beginning September 1, 1955, for ten months, at a salary of $11,500 ( G ) . 7. LESTER H . RUDY, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the College of Medicine, beginning March 1, 1955, without salary ( D Y ) . 8. THOMAS T. TOURLENTES, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the College of Medicine, beginning March 1, 1955, without salary ( D Y ) .

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

APPOINTMENT OF HEAD OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY (4) On the unanimous recommendation of a special search committee and with the concurrence of Dr. Granville A. Bennett, Dean of the College of Medicine, I recommend the appointment of Dr. Klaus R. W. Unna, presently Professor and Acting Head of the Department of Pharmacology, as Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology on indefinite tenure beginning May 1, 1955, at a total annual salary of $12,750 on "AY" basis. This recommendation has been made after consultation with the members of the Department of Pharmacology of professorial rank and with the Executive Committee of the College of Medicine.

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

APPOINTMENTS TO T H E 1 9 5 5 SUMMER SESSION STAFF (5) i submit recommendations for appointments to the faculty for the 1955 summer session. The appointments and the budget provide for an eight-week session at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Undergraduate Division, beginning June 20 and continuing through August 13. Salaries of members of the University faculty recommended for appointments to the summer session staff are computed on the basis of the authorized formula of two-ninths of the salary of the academic year for two months of summer service. The budget totals $480,000 for Urbana-Champaign, including a reserve of *:4.283 to be assigned on recommendation of the Dean of the Summer Session jn terms of enrollment demands, and $93,000 for Chicago, including a reserve of j*.783 to be assigned on recommendation of the Dean of the Undergraduate Division.