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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 20

HONORARY DEGREES. URBANA (8) T h e Senate at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 19, 1974. J O H N BARDEEN, physicist, Professor of Physics and in the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois — the degree of Doctor of Science. HERBERT E. CARTER, biochemist, Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Programs, University of Arizona, and Chairman of the Board of the National Science Foundation — the degree of Doctor of Science. L E O N N COOPER, physicist, the H e n r y Ledyard Goddard University Professor at Brown University — the degree of Doctor of Science. ROBERT B. D O W N S , Dean of Library Administration, Emeritus, at the University of Illinois — the degree of Doctor of Letters. J . ROBERT SCHRIEFFER, physicist, the Mary Amanda Woods Professor at the University of Pennsylvania — the degree of Doctor of Science. T h e Acting Chancellor concurs in the recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e degrees w e r e a u t h o r i z e d as recommended. APPOINTMENTS TO T H E CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY. URBANA (9) Upon the recommendation of the Director of the Center for Advanced Study and with the concurrence of the Acting Dean of the Graduate College, the Acting Chancellor at Urbana has recommended the following appointments of Associates in the Center for Advanced Study for the academic year 1974-75 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. T h e Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval. BARKSDALE, RICHARD K., Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English, for the academic year, to study the interaction between American and English writers involved in the anti-slavery movement between 1815 and 1865. CAREY, JAMES W., Professor of Journalism and Research Professor of Communications and Director of the Institute of Communications Research, for the second semester, to complete research on the relationship between communication technology and culture. CASAGRANDE, JOSEPH B., Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for International Comparative Studies, for one semester, to continue his investigation of the position of the Indian in Ecuadorian society from the colonial period to the present. FISHBFJN, MARTIN, Professor of Psychology and Research Professor of Communications in the Institute of Communications Research, for one semester, to study attitude formation, the attitude-behavior relationship, and applications of research in this area to specific applied problems. FLYNN, COLIN P., Professor of Physics, for the academic year, for research on the identification and analysis of local excited states associated with impurities in metals. GRAEN, GEORGE, Associate Professor of Psychology and in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, for one semester, to devote his time to a study of role-making processes and the administration of complex organizations. GUNTER, FRANK, Professor of A r t in the Department of Art and Design, for the academic year, to continue a series of paintings in acrylic on canvas. H A K E N , WOLFGANG, Professor of Mathematics, for the academic year, to study two important and very difficult problems in the field of topology. HENDRICKSON, DAVID N., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for the second semester, to carry out research related to electron exchange in mixed-valance and dimeric metal complexes. KINNAMON, KENETH, Professor of English, for one semester, to undertake a study of John Brown and his effect on the American imagination. KNUST, HERBERT, Professor of German in the Department of Germanic Lan-