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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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2. Speakers will be called upon in the following order: ( a ) A spokesman for the elected members of the Executive Committee of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. ( b ) Dean Howard R. Bowen. ( c ) Faculty members of the College of Commerce and Business Administration who have requested the privilege of being heard. (In an order to be determined by the President of the Board of Trustees.) ( d ) Faculty members of the College of Commerce and Business Administration who have asked to be present at the meeting with the right to speak if they so desire. ( e ) Remarks of the President of the University. ( f ) Questions from members of the Board of Trustees. ( g ) Other statements, if time permits. 3. In view of the shortness of time, it will be necessary to proceed as indicated above, without having a general discussion following each speaker. 4. Dean Albert J. Harno of the College of Law, who will be at this meeting, will advise the President of the Board regarding questions of procedure that may arise in the meeting.

President Stoddard stated that Dean Howard R. Bowen and the Executive Committee of the College of Commerce and Business Administration had been invited to appear before the Board for the purpose of being heard fully on all matters concerning the College of Commerce, and that the members of the faculty had also been invited to appear at this hearing, pursuant to the resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. President Stoddard further stated that he had asked the Executive Committee of the University Council1 to attend this meeting. The University Council and its Executive Committee are advisers to the President of the University. At this point, Doctor Meyer asked to be excused and withdrew from the meeting. O P E N SESSION When the Board convened in open session, the same members of the Board and officials of the University were present as during the Executive Session, with the exception of Doctor Meyer.

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT O F T H E UNIVERSITY

The Board considered the following recommendations and reports presented by President Stoddard.

A P P O I N T M E N T S T O T H E FACULTY

(1) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. 1. EDWARD H. DAVIDSON, Associate Professor of English, beginning September 1, 19,51, at an annual salary of $6,500 ( A ) .

2. KENNETH JAMES FRANKLIN, Visiting Professor of Physiology, College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences, beginning September I, 19,51,- for ten months, at a salary of $9,000 (G).

' T h e members of the Executive Committee of the University Council are: Professor Roger Adams, Head of the Department of Chemistry; Dean Albert J. Harno, College of Law; Dean Henning Larsen, College of Libera] Arts and Sciences; Dean Stanley W. Olson, College of Medicine; Dean Willard B. Spalding, College of Education; and Dean Fred H. Turner, Dean of Students. All members were present except Dean Turner.