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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CLASSIFIED RESEARCH IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (2) The United States Navy has requested the University to undertake a program of classified research in electrical engineering which involves the acquisition, either by lease or purchase by the Navy or the University, of land on which certain equipment will be erected. Construction will require eighteen months to two years and a like period will be required for evaluation. Since the research is in a field of basic interest to the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department will undoubtedly carry on research and training in this field for a considerable number of years after the Navy research project has been completed. The United States Navy proposes an allocation of $226,500 for site preparation and construction, $11,504 for equipment and facilities, and an annual operating budget of $64,250. The initial allocation to the University will be $165,000. All costs of this project, direct and indirect, including acquisition of site, installation of facilities, and the operation thereof for approximately three years will be paid by the Navy. The Dean of the College of Engineering and the Chairman of the Research Board have approved this program. A contract has been received from the Bureau of Ships covering the project. There will be certain requirements relative to the acquisition of a site which will be difficult to fulfill, and it is not certain that a suitable area can be found and made available. Accordingly, it is recommended that the contract be accepted by the University subject to the acquisition of a satisfactory site. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the necessary documents.

HEADSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (3) The Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts recommends the appointment of Mr. Louis B. Wetmore, presently Visiting Professor of Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as Professor of City and Regional Planning, Head of the Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Director of the Bureau of Community Planning on indefinite tenure beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $11,000 on " A " basis. This appointment is unanimously recommended by the Department and the Bureau and unanimously approved by the Executive Committee of the College to replace Professor Karl B. Lohmann who retires at the end of the current academic year. Mr. Wetmore is one of the outstanding men in his field and has an exceptionally broad background which fits him well for the varied responsibilities — instructional, research, and state-wide service — in this Department at the University of Illinois, which now also includes the Bureau of Community Planning. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Herrick, this recommendation was approved.

APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY (4) 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. '• WILLARD EUGENE BAIR, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, beginning September I, 1955, at an annual salary of $5,700 ( D ) . 2 - ROBERT CALVERT, J R . , Coordinating Placement Officer, beginning September I, 1955, at an annual salary of $8,900 ( D Y ) . 3- GIANFRANCO CHIAROTTI, Research Assistant Professor of Physics, beginning September I, 1955, at an annual salary of $6,000 ( D Y ) .