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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 21

Professor Wardrop will succeed Dr. Martin L. Maehr who has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. T h e nomination is unanimously recommended by the Executive Committee of the Department and after consultation within the Department. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Chairmanship of the Department of Special Education, Urbana

(7) The Dean of the College of Education has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. M. Stephen Lilly, presently Associate Professor, Special Education Programs, at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, as Associate Professor of Special Education on indefinite tenure and Chairman of the Department of Special Education, beginning July 1, 1975, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $25,000. Dr. Lilly will succeed Dr. Joseph R. Jenkins who has been Acting Chairman since the resignation of Dr. G. Max Spriggs. T h e nomination of Dr. Lilly was made with the advice of a search committee' and endorsed by the Executive Committee of the Department. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Shepherd, this appointment was approved.

Appointments to the Faculty

(8) 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 to 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 Joseph R. Jenkins, Associate Professor of Special Education and Acting Chairman of the Department, Chairman; Sanford^D. Farkash, graduate student; Merle B. Karnes, Professor of Special Education and in the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children; J. Marlowe Slater, Professor of Educational Psychology and of Vocational and Technical Education; Robert L. Sprague, Professor of Special Education and of Psychology and Director of the Children's Research Center; Barbara L. WDIcox-Cole, Assistant Professor of Special Education.