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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[March 20

pointment of Mrs. Carol Cooley, now Associate Executive Secretary of the Health Division of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Social W o r k in the College of Medicine and Associate Professor in the School of Social W o r k on indefinite tenure beginning July 20, 1954, at an annual salary of $7,500 ( A Y basis). The Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College also join in this recommendation. The appointment of Mrs. Cooley is to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Miss Mary Louise Hemmy. T h e Department of Medical Social W o r k provides instruction to students in the College of Medicine, students in the School of Social Work who are specializing in the field of medical social service, students in Occupational Therapy, and students in the School of Nursing. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , 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 O F EDWARD C. JORDAN AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT O F ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (7) On recommendation of the Dean of the College of Engineering, I recommend the appointment of Dr. Edward C. Jordan, now Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois, as Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering beginning July 1, 1954, on indefinite tenure, at his present salary of $9,300 and at a salary of $12,400 beginning September 1, 1954, on A basis. The recommendation is concurred in by other University officers concerned and is supported with unanimity, by the faculty of the Department. Professor Jordan replaces Professor John D. Ryder who is leaving the University as of July 1, 1954, to become Dean of the School of Engineering at Michigan State College.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this appointment was approved.

SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE, 1 9 5 4 - 1 9 5 5 (8) I recommend that the following members of the staff be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1954-1955 in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes and on the terms and for the periods indicated. T h e programs of research, study, and travel for which these leaves are requested have been examined by the University Research Board which advises the President in such matters. T h e Research Board's report to the President includes an evaluation of the program in terms of benefits to the University and to the individual and constitutes a part of the record of each case. College of Agriculture JAMES B. ANDREWS, Professor of Farm Management, Department of Agricultural Economics, six months beginning February 1, 1955, full pay ERNEST BENTON EARLEY, Associate Professor of Soil Fertility, Department of Agronomy, full year, half pay JESSIE E. HEATHMAN, Assistant Extension Editor and Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension, second semester, full pay BRUCE CONNOR JOHNSON, Professor of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, full year at half pay or six months at full pay, beginning March I, I 95S; full year contingent upon receipt of Fulbright grant GLENN W A D E SALISBURY, Professor of Dairy Science and Head of Department, six months beginning February 1, 1955, full pay GEORGE B. W H I T M A N , Associate Professor of Farm Management, Department of Agricultural Economics, six months beginning February 1, 1955, full P a y HELEN K. ZWOLANEK, Assistant Professor of Home Economics, second semester (or six months), full pay College of Commerce and Business Administration V L E W I S BASSIE, Professor of Economics and Director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, full year at half pay or six months at full pay, beginning September 1, 1954; full year contingent upon receipt of outside help JOHN F. D U E , Professor of Economics, first semester, full pay