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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 17

Appointment of Director, Energy Resources Center, Chicago Circle (8) On September 12,. 1973, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of an Energy Resources Genter at Chicago Circle to provide an instrument for the general purpose of studying and offering advice on the overall energy problem in the State of Illinois. Interdisciplinary in nature, the work of the Center involves specialists in the Department of Architecture, the Bioengineering Program, and the Departments of Energy Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Political Science. Among its initial objectives are studies regarding the magnitude of the flow of natural resources into the State in general, and into Chicago in particular — in order to establish the use-pattern of energy resources in such areas as transportation, industry, and residential-commercial. On May 7, 1974, the Board of Higher Education approved the establishment of the Center; Professor James Hartnett, Head of the Department of Energy Engineering, was appointed Acting Director; and an Internal Advisory Committee1 was appointed. The Chancellor at Chicago Circle, after consultation with the Internal Advisory Committee, now recommends that Professor Hartnett be appointed Director of the Center effective September 1, 1974, at an annual salary of $40,000. Professor Hartnett will relinquish his appointment as Head of the Department of Energy Engineering to enable him to devote full time to the Center. The Chancellor's recommendation has the endorsement of the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination. I concur. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, this appointment was approved. Headship of the Department of Linguistics, Chicago Circle (9) The Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the Chancellor at Chicago Circle the appointment of Dr. Andrew Schiller, presently Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Program at Chicago Circle, as Professor of Linguistics on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department of Linguistics, beginning September 1, 1974, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $22,500. The linguistics program was approved as the Department of Linguistics by the Board of Trustees on April 18, 1973, and by the Board of Higher Education on May 7, 1974. The nomination of Professor Schiller is supported by the faculty of the Department of Linguistics. The Chancellor has approved the recommendation, and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Boyd R. Keenan, Professor of Political Science and in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Chairman; Eliezer B. AyaL Associate Professor of Economics; David W. Baker, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences; Lyndon Babcock, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Energy Engineering and of Systems Engineering, Chicago Circle; Paul M. Chung, Professor of Fluid Mechanics in Energy Engineering; James H. Engel, Professor of Systems Engineering and Head of the Department; James P. Hartnett, Professor of Heat Transfer in Energy Engineering, Head of the Department of Energy Engineering, and Acting Director of the Energy Resources Center; David Levinson, Professor of Metallurgy in Materials Engineering; Bruce McCormick, Professor of Information Engineering and Head of the Department; Charles J. Orlebeke, Dean of the College of Urban Sciences and Professor of Urban Sciences; William F. Sager, Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department,' Richard R. Wbitaker, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department.

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