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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Administrative Staff

13. NOREEN A. LOAN, Director of Personnel Services at Chicago Circle, beginning April 1, 1975 ( N ) , at an annual salary of $26,000. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , these a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d .

Head Basketball Coach, Urbana

(7) T h e Board of Directors of the University of Illinois Athletic Association at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation of the Director of the Athletic Association that Louis R. Henson, presently Head Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at New Mexico State University, be appointed Head Basketball Coach effective April 5, 1975, on a twelve-month basis, at an annual salary of $30,100. With the concurrence of the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, the recommendation that Mr. Henson be appointed Head Basketball Coach has been publicly announced by the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association. T h e action is now submitted t o the Trustees for approval. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this appointment was approved. Honorary Degrees, Chicago Circle

(8) T h e Senate at Chicago Circle has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred upon the following persons: GWENDOLYN BROOKS, poet, the Degree of Doctor of Letters, to be conferred at the Commencement Exercises on June 15, 1975. ROWINE BROWN, Medical Director, Cook County Hospital, the Degree of Doctor of Science, to be conferred at the Commencement Exercises on June 15, 1975. DAVID RIESMAN, Henry Ford I I Professor at Harvard University, the Degree of Doctor of Laws, to be conferred on April 28, 1975, at which time Professor Riesman will deliver the David Dodds Henry Lecture on Higher Education. The Chancellor concurs in these recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , these d e g r e e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d as recommended.

Special Undergraduate Instructional and Curriculum Development Awards for Projects Completed During the Summer of 1974

(9) O n March 20, 1974, the Board of Trustees approved a total of 25 projects, involving 28 faculty members, for support during the summer of 1974 under the Urbana-Champaign program of Undergraduate Instructional Awards and the Chicago Circle program of Curriculum Development Awards. These awards generally provided a full-time salary for two months to the recipients for work on projects designed to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction. T h e Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation has again made available $3,000 for special awards for outstanding teaching by undergraduate faculty. T h e chancellors at the Chicago Circle and the Urbana-Champaign campuses each appointed a special committee to review the reports submitted by the grantees following the completion of their projects last summer. T h e committees were asked to select the most meritorious projects for recommendation to their respective chan-