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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES APPROVED

[September 19

The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1957, press proof copies of which had been sent to all members of the Board in advance. On motion of Mr. Johnston, the minutes were approved as printed on pages 431 to 502, inclusive.

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

DEANSHIP OF THE COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM A N D COMMUNICATIONS (1) I recommend the appointment of Dr. Theodore B. Peterson, Jr., presently Associate Professor of Journalism and H e a d of the Division of Journalism, as Professor of Journalism on indefinite tenure and as Dean of the College of Journalism and Communications for two years beginning September 1, 1957, at a salary of $13,000 a year on a twelve months' basis. A special search committee has recommended this appointment. T h e Executive Committee of the College and the Vice-President and Provost have also been consulted and concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , 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 . APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND DEAN OF ADMINISTRATION (2) The position of Assistant to the Provost is presently vacant, Dr. Gibbon Butler who was in this post during the past year having been appointed Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In considering his replacement, the Vice-President and Provost has recommended, and I have concurred, that the position be reorganized to include enlarged administrative responsibilities. T o reflect this conception of the duties of the position, I recommend that the title be changed to "Associate Provost and Dean of Administration" which will enable the incumbent to represent the office of the Provost in many relationships with the deans of the colleges and directors of the schools and institutes. For example, the former Assistant to the Provost represented the Provost in administrative relations with the Chicago Undergraduate Division, in discharging the Provost's function as Coordinator of the Armed Forces, and in reviewing changes in courses and curricula, as well as by serving on a number of University committees. T h e Associate Provost and Dean of Administration will have these assignments and several others, some of them of an even more demanding nature. H e will be the Chairman of a new committee on the development of the educational program at the Chicago Undergraduate Division; he will be used in meeting other critical problems as they occur; and he will act for the Provost when the need arises in areas with some of which the Provost has heretofore dealt alone. T o fill this position, I recommend the appointment of Dr. Royden Dangerfield, presently Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute ot Government and Public Affairs, as Professor of Political Science, on indefinite tenure, and Associate Provost and Dean of Administration, beginning October I, 1957, and continuing until August 31, 1959, at a salary of $18,500 a year on a twelve months' basis. 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 . APPOINTMENTS TO T H E FACULTY (3) 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. ERNEST W . ANDERSON, Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension, Department of County F a r m Extension, beginning September 1, IQ57. a t an annual salary of $10,000 ( A Y ) .