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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Headship of the Department of Mechanical and industrial Engineering, Urbana

(4) T h e Dean of the College of Engineering has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Bei Tse Chao, presently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, as Head of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering beginning August 2 1 , 1975, on an academic year service basis. T h e salary will be determined when the budget for 197576 is submitted to the Board for approval. Professor Chao will continue to hold appointments as Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering on indefinite tenure. Dr. Chao will succeed Professor James W. Bayne who has been Acting Head since Professor Helmut H . Korst asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment beginning March 21, 1974. T h e nomination of Dr. Chao was made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of professorial rank. T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this appointment was approved. Appointments to the Faculty

(5) T h e following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and to certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated. A — Indefinite tenure P — Indefinite tenure, part-time service only N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a Professor or Associate Professor T — Terminal appointment, accompanied with or preceded by notice of nonreappointment W — One-year appointment subject t o special written agreement Y — Twelve months' service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

1 James W. Westwater, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of the Department, Chairman; Alva L. Addy, Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Cristino Cusano, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Richard E. DeVor, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering; Richard E. Klein, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Roger A. Strehlow, Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; James J. Stukel, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Head of the Office of Coal Research and Utilization; Charles E. Taylor, Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.