Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952 [PAGE 378]

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UNIVERSITY OF

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to serve as Acting Dean of the Division of Communications during the absence of Dean Schramm.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this leave was granted and the appointment of Professor Siebert as Acting Dean of the Division of Communications was approved.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSORS FRANCIS G. CORNELL AND NATHANIEL L. GAGE (34) I have received from General George C. Kenney, Commander of Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, a request approved by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Commander in Chief of the F a r East to utilize the services of Professor Francis G. Cornell and Assistant Professor Nathaniel L. Gage of the College of Education for a period of approximately two months, beginning as soon as possible. They would become members of a research team in Korea and would be expected to make an important contribution to national defense. Dean Willard B. Spalding of the College of Education states that arrangements can be made to take care of the instructional and research assignments of these men for the period indicated. I, therefore, recommend that Professors Cprnell and Gage be given leaves of absence for two months without salary, beginning approximately December

1, I9SO.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, these leaves were granted, as recommended.

SABBATICAL LEAVE O F ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR THOMAS E. BENNER (35) Professor Thomas E. Benner of the College of Education has been asked to serve as the United States member of a two-man team to be sent to Korea by the United Nations on an educational and cultural reconstruction mission, contingent upon approval of the program by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. H e can not undertake this assignment without a considerable financial sacrifice which he should not be asked to make. It will also require his absence from the University for several months. In view of the nature of the program and the prestige which will come to the University of Illinois in having a member of its faculty in such a distinguished role, I recommend that Professor Benner be given a sabbatical leave of absence on one-half salary during the second semester of 1950-1951, this leave to be contingent upon final approval of the projected mission by S C A P . The College of Education will undertake to provide for Professor Benner's work during his absence by reassignment of duties and a temporary appointment, utilizing the other half of Professor Benner's salary. Professor Benner has been on the faculty for nineteen years and has never had a sabbatical leave of absence. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , this leave w a s g r a n t e d , a s r e c o m mended. AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR SMALL HOMES C O U N C I L CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (36) T h e Acting Director of the Small Homes Council, the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract for $2,693.50 to Oran L. Shoemaker & Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the construction of a basement and adjacent foundation structures for a Small Homes Council research project. Funds are available for this under a contract for a cooperative investigation between the Housing and Home Finance Agency and the University for "Design Criteria for Space in Dwellings." I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , a u t h o r i t y w a s g r a n t e d , a s r e c o m mended.