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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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1044 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 9 Professor Landis will replace Professor Leslie E. Card, who has been on the Board of Directors since July 22, 1941. Mr. Peterson will replace Mr. Lowell Spurgeon, who has been on the Board of Directors since March, 1943. On motion of Mr. Williamson, these appointments were made as recommended. SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE, 1948-1949 (2) I recommend that the following members of the staff be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1948-1949 in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes and on the terms and for the periods indicated: LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR THE F U L L YEAR ON O N E - H A L F P A Y JAMES H . BARTLETT, Professor of Physics DAVID G. BOURGIN, Professor of Mathematics MAHLON M. D A Y , Associate Professor of Mathematics LAWRENCE W . MURPHY, Professor of Journalism JOHN A. NICHOLSON, Associate Professor of Philosophy HERBERT PENZL, Assistant Professor of German ARTHUR W . SECORD, Professor of English MARY L. SHAY, Assistant Professor of History BENJAMIN F . TIMMONS, Associate Professor of Sociology ORVILLE T . BONNETT, Professor of Plant Genetics ( T h e full year leave is conditional upon the award of a Guggenheim Fellowship for which he has applied. If the fellowship is not received, it is recommended that he be given leave on full pay for six months from October 15, 1948.) LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR O N E - H A L F YEAR ON F U L L P A Y CLARENCE A. BERDAHL, Professor of Political Science, first semester JAY C. HACKLEMAN, Professor of Crops Extension, six months beginning March 1, 1949 HENRY R. KAHANE, Associate Professor of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, first semester DONALD L. KEMMERER, Associate Professor of Economics, second semester DAVID E. LINDSTROM, Professor of Rural Sociology, six months beginning July : > J 949 ROBERT C. Ross, Professor of Agricultural Economics, six months beginning February I, 1949 RAYMOND P. STEARNS, Associate Professor of History, second semester FRED W . TANNER, Professor of Bacteriology, first semester OSWALD TIPPO, Associate Professor of Botany, second semester HAROLD R. WANLESS, Professor of Geology, second semester FREDERICK F . WEINARD, Associate Professor of Floriculture, six months beginning March 1, 1949 WILLIAM W. YAPP, Professor of Dairy Cattle Husbandry, six months beginning August 1, 1948 LEAVES OF ABENCE FOR O N E - H A L F YEAR ON O N E - H A L F P A Y AURELIO E. FLORIO, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, second semester JOHN M. MATHEWS, Professor of Political Science, second semester The programs of research, study, and travel for which these leaves are being requested have been examined by the University Research Board which advises the President in such matters. T h e Research Board's report to the President includes a supporting evaluation of the program in terms of benefits to the University and to the individual in each specific case recommended. While the number of sabbatical leaves being recommended for 1948-1949 may seem large, it should be remembered that relatively few sabbatical leaves were requested and granted during World W a r I I , so that there is an accumulation
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