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1953]

U N I V E R S I T Y OF

ILLINOIS

599

It should also be noted that this service included work on several of the Board's committees and the Chairmanships of the Finance Committee, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, and the Alumni Committee. In all of these assignments and in other respects your service on this Board has been characterized by a sense of the dignity and public trust of the office to which you were twice elected by the people of Illinois. You have made a faithful accounting of this trust. The University is fortunate to have had you on its Board of Trustees and you will be missed by your colleagues. The President and other administrative officers of the University desire to be included in this tribute and they join the members of the Board of Trustees in extending best wishes to you and Mrs. Fornof in the years to come. The Board directs that this resolution be incorporated in the minutes of today's meeting to become a part of the official record and that a suitable copy be given you as a permanent reminder of the esteem and affection in which you are held. Given at Chicago, Illinois On the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, and in the eighty-sixth year of the University. RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION OF SERVICES OF GOVERNOR ADLAI E. STEVENSON

Mr. Herrick offered the following resolution which was adopted:

To Adlai E. Stevenson The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois desires to record its grateful appreciation of your services as Governor of Illinois and as a member, ex officio, of this Board during the years 1949 to 1953. Your interest in the University and your sympathetic understanding of its needs have contributed significantly to its progress. Your gracious hospitality on the occasions when your other public duties permitted you to meet with this Board will long be remembered. The President and other administrative officers of the University desire to be included in this tribute and they join the members of the Board of Trustees in extending best wishes to you for the years that lie ahead. The Board directs that this resolution be incorporated in the minutes of today's meeting to become a part of the official public record and that a suitable copy be given you as a permanent reminder of the esteem and affection in which you are held. Given at Chicago, Illinois On the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, and in the eighty-sixth year of the University. SECRETARY'S REPORTS

The Secretary presented for record the following lists: ( 1 ) appointments made by the President; ( 2 ) graduate fellows; ( 3 ) resignations and terminations; ( 4 ) leaves of absence.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT

(The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University. C := College; S = Station; E — Extension.

AMUNDSON, GLEN L., Instructor in the Institute of Aviation, six months beginning March 1, 1953, $5475 a year, supersedes (2-17-53). AVERS, ARTHUR R., Instructor in Agricultural Engineering ( E ) , seven months beginning February I, 1953, $4950 a year, supersedes (3-3-53). BECHRAKIS, GEORGE, Clinical Assistant in Pediatrics ( R u s h ) , in the College of Medicine, eight months beginning January 1, 1953, without salary (2-23-53). BERBERIAN, STERLING K., Instructor in Mathematics, in the Chicago Undergraduate Division, for the second semester of 1952-1953, $1850 (3-4-53). BIENIAS, IGNATIUS M., Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering ( C ) , January 18-June 15, 1953, $4800 a year (2-23-53). BINKLEV, STEPHEN B., Professor of Biological Chemistry, in the College of Medicine, on indefinite tenure beginning March 1, 1953, to render service during each academic year, $9500 a year, supersedes (2-24-53).