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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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io. Staff members on yearly service ("Y" appointment) will not receive additional compensation for the Summer Session. For staff members, partly on "Y" and partly on "non-Y" appointment, this regulation applies to the "Y" portion. Vacations taken during holiday recesses, other than the actual holidays recognized by the University, shall be considered a part of the annual vacation allowance of one month. i i . Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated: A — Indefinite tenure B — Two years from September D — One year from September E — Nine months from the beginning of the academic year G — Special tenure Y — Twelve months I concur in these recommendations. When the Statutes are revised, these changes should be incorporated.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, these changes were approved and the Statutes were amended accordingly.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR GEORGE H. ROCKWOOD (2) Dean i t . L. Enger of the College of Engineering recommends that Professor George H. Rockwood of the Department of Electrical Engineering, who is seriously ill, be given sick leave with full pay for the first semester, 1947-1948 (September 1, 1947, to March 1, 1948). Professor Rockwood has been in the service of the University since February 1, 1947. Under the rules of the Board he is eligible for 25 days' sick leave with pay from the date his services were required. Since the present semester's instruction began October 9, 1947, this would give him leave on full pay to November 3. H e has not accumulated extended disability leave with full pay allowance beyond the 25 days. Professor Rockwood left an attractive position in the Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, where he was in charge of a group doing research work on important developments in electrical engineering, to accept a professorship at the University of Illinois. He thereby gave up pension and disability benefits accumulated since he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929. He is not eligible for disability benefits from the University Retirement System of Illinois. In view of these circumstances, I recommend that the Board of Trustees consider this as a special case and that the leave on full pay be granted from September I, 1947, through February 29, 1948, or one-half of the current academic year. The Department of Electrical Engineering is carrying Professor Rockwood's teaching load without additional expense to the University. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h i s l e a v e w a s g r a n t e d a s r e c o m m e n d e d . DEVELOPMENT OF GOLF COURSE ON KIMMEL FARM (3) On July 30, 1943 (Minutes, page 450), the Board approved the purchase from Mrs. Alice N. Kimmel of her farm of 171.82 acres in Tolono Township adjoining the village of Savoy as a site for the University of Illinois Airport. This farm was in the area originally selected by the Civil Aeronautics Administration as a site for the Airport. Subsequently, and to meet Army Air Forces requirements, the C.A.A. selected a site one-half mile south and one-half mile west of the area originally selected. In the meantime, a contract had been made with Mrs. Kimmel for the purchase of her farm and the purchase was consummated. An assignment of $55,000 (Minutes, pages 489 and 739) for the purchase was made from the General Reserve Fund, and no part of the State appropriation of $250,000 for the purchase of Airport land was used for this purpose. The farm is leased to a tenant who operates it under the general supervision of the College of Agriculture. In the judgment of Director Leslie A. Bryan of the Institute of Aeronautics, the farm will not be needed for expansion of the Airport. If expansion is necessary, it would have to be to the south and west. The farm is not needed for Agricultural Experiment Station purposes. The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has proposed the development of an eighteen-hole golf course on this farm. The Association will