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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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of the Laboratory effective September 1, 1957. T h e salary of this position will be determined when the budget for 1957-58 is submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. I recommend approval of these changes.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations and the appointment were approved.

CHAIRMANSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (4) The term of Professor Francis G. Wilson as Chairman of the Department of Political Science will expire at the end of the current academic year and he has expressed a desire to withdraw from the chairmanship in order to devote his whole energies to teaching and research. After consultation with all members of the Department of professorial rank, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Clyde Frank Snider as Chairman for two years beginning September 1, 1957, in addition to his appointment as Professor of Political Science on indefinite tenure. The salary of this position will be determined later when the budget for 1957-58 is prepared and submitted to the Board for approval. The Vice-President and Provost, the Dean of the Graduate College, and the Executive Committee of the College concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d . RESIGNATION OF FREDRICK S. SIEBERT (5) It is with great regret that I report the resignation of Fredrick S. Siebert, Director of the School of Journalism and Communications, who has accepted a position at Michigan State University. His resignation will become effective at the end of the current academic year, but he has agreed to continue in service at the University of Illinois through the month of September, 1957, if necessary, in order to facilitate the change in administration of the School. I request that the President of the University be authorized to accept this resignation and to determine the effective date. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s r e q u e s t w a s g r a n t e d .

SABBATICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR GOTTFRIED S. FRAENKEL

(6) I recommend that Professor Gottfried S. Fraenkel be given sabbatical leave of absence on one-half pay for the second semester of the academic year 1957-58 (March I through August 31, 1958). H e plans to spend that period in research on silk worms at the University of Tokyo under a fellowship grant he has received from the National Science Foundation. Professor Fraenkel was granted a sabbatical leave of absence on one-half pay for the second semester of the current academic year but at his request this leave was cancelled without prejudice. Hence, the present proposal is reinstatement of leave previously authorized. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s l e a v e w a s g r a n t e d . APPOINTMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CITIZENS COMMITTEE (7) At its meeting on February 14, 1957, the Board of Trustees approved appointments and reappointments to the University of Illinois Citizens Committee. I now submit the following supplemental nominations for appointment to that Committee for a period of three years. These recommendations have previously been cleared with the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, and the persons recommended for appointment have agreed to serve.

EUGENE ABEGG JOHN P. BALLMAN

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