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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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37. MEYER J. WOLIN, Assistant Professor of Dairy Science, beginning December 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $6,000 ( D Y ) . 38. S H O YOSHIDA, Visiting Research Professor of Physics and Metallurgy, onehalf time, beginning September 16, 1956, at an annual salary of $4,000 ( E ) . 39. EDWARD J. ZAGORSKI, Assistant Professor of Art, beginning September I, 1956, at an annual salary of $6,500 ( B ) . Appointments to Nonacademic Staff The Director of Nonacademic Personnel reports the following appointments to a supervisory position of upper level responsibility. 1. JAMES R. GALLIVAN, Administrative Clerk in the Health Service, beginning June 18, 1956, at an annual salary of $4,800. 2. ROBERT E. UNDERWOOD, JR., Manager of the N A E B , beginning March 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $4,500.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these appointments were confirmed.

HEADSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

(3) Professor F . W . Loomis, Head of the Department of Physics, will retire on September 1, 1957, after twenty-eight years of service on the faculty of the University of Illinois. T o succeed him I recommend the appointment of Dr. Frederick Seitz, presently Professor of Physics and Technical Director of the Control Systems Laboratory, as Professor and Head of the Department of Physics on indefinite tenure beginning September I, 1957, at an annual salary of $17,000 on " A " basis. A special search committee has unanimously recommended this appointment, and it is endorsed by the Vice-President and Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i 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 . DELEGATION OF SIGNATURES (4) On March 23, 1956, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution whereby the President of the Board of Trustees delegated to Miss Mabel F . Meek, Springfield, authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to vouchers to be presented to the Auditor of Public Accounts from the Division of Services for Crippled Children. Miss Meek retired as of June 30, 1956. The Director of the Division of Services for Crippled Children and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the delegation be extended to Miss Helen Culbertson, Secretary to the Director. I concur and recommend the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS this Board of Trustees at its meeting held on March 23, 1956, adopted a resolution whereby the President of the Board of Trustees was authorized to delegate to Mabel F . Meek in Springfield authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to vouchers to be presented to the Auditor of Public Accounts and WHEREAS said Mabel F. Meek has since retired from service at the University of Illinois and it therefore is now desired that Helen Culbertson be so designated in place of Mabel F . Meek Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the state of Illinois, that said resolution as previously adopted be amended, effective as of the date hereof, by deleting therefrom the name of Mabel F . Meek and substituting therefor the name of Helen Culbertson so that as so amended the President of the Board of Trustees be and hereby is authorized to delegate to Helen Culbertson in Springfield, Illinois, authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to vouchers against the Auditor of Public Accounts. Be It Further Resolved that except as herein amended said resolution as adopted on March 23, 1956, be and hereby is in all other respects ratified and confirmed.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, the foregoing resolution was adopted.