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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Dr. Cunningham will succeed Dr. David W. Plath who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination was made after consultation with members of the Department of Anthropology of professorial rank and with the concurrence of the Executive Committee of the College. The nomination is supported by the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, this appointment was approved.

HEADSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, URBANA

(5) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Edward A. Kolodziej, presently Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Virginia, as Professor of Political Science on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department beginning September 1, 1973, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $26,000. Dr. Kolodziej will succeed Dr. Phillip Monypenny who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment, effective September 1, 1972. Dr. Betty Glad, presently Associate Professor of Political Science, will serve as Acting Head during the academic year 1972-73. The nomination of Dr. Kolodziej was made with the advice of a search committee1 and after consultation with members of the Department of Political Science of professorial rank and with the concurrence of the Executive Committee of the College. The nomination is supported by the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this appointment was approved.

CHAIRMANSHIP OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY. URBANA

(6) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Robert M. Sutton, presently Professor of History and Director of the Illinois Historical Survey, as Professor on indefinite tenure and Chairman of the Department of History on SO per cent time for one year, beginning September 1, 1972, on an academic year service basis. He will continue as Director of the Illinois Historical Survey on SO per cent time on a twelve-month service basis. His total salary for 1972-73 will be $24,850. Dr. Sutton will replace Dr. Winton U. Solberg who was reappointed as Chairman for two years beginning September 1, 1971. Professor Solberg has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment effective September I, 1972. The nomination is submitted after consultation with members of the Department and on recommendation of its Executive Committee. The nomination is supported by the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Dean of the Graduate College. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, this appointment was approved.

APPOINTMENTS TO T H E FACULTY

(7) 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 Frederick C. Fliegel, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department and Professor of Rural Sociology in Agricultural Economics, Chairman; Peter G. Bock, Associate Professor of Political Science; Fred S. Coombs, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Betty Glad, Associate Professor of Political Science; Samuel K. Gove, Professor of Political Science and in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and Director of Institute of Government and Public Affairs; George G. Judf?e, Professor of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Coordinator of Faculty Research in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and Associate Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory; R. L. Merritt, Professor of Political Science and Research Professor of Communications; Richard S. Yaffee, Graduate Student.