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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 17

93. FUAD-ARANI ZIYAI, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, beginning July 1, 1975 (1Y), at an annual salary of $25,000. Administrative Staff 94. VICTOR J. STONE, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, beginning August 21, 1975 (N), at an annual salary of $40,500. He will continue to hold an appointment in the College of Law, as Professor on indefinite tenure, without salary. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, these appointments were confirmed. Mrs. Shepherd raised the question of some means, in the regular consideration of this item, for identifying the University's progress in affirmative action on a routine basis. She also asked for some means of identifying new administrative positions when diey appear in diis report. T h e President indicated that the staff would seek some means of meeting this need. Administrative Leave, Medical Center (15) In accordance with the plan for administrative leaves approved by the Board of Trustees,1 the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended such a leave for the following person: ROBERT F. LOCKE, Administrator of the Biologic Resources Laboratory, was appointed Administrator in February 1968. During the period February 1, 1976, to May 31, 1976, he plans to study with the Medical Research Council in Surrey, England. His studies will center around three areas: the increasing involvement and consequent regulation by the federal government of research, particularly research involving animal experimentation; the highly developed technician training and career advancement program; and recent developments in environmental health research as they relate to the health of man and the stability of the laboratory animal model in the research environment. The proposed leave has been reviewed by the committee on administrative leaves which recommends approval. O n motion of M r . Summers, this leave was granted as recommended. Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1975-76, Urbana (16) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the following faculty members be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes and on the terms and for the periods indicated. The programs of research, study, and travel for which the leaves are requested have been examined by the Research Board at the Urbana campus and the Vice President for Academic Affairs has reviewed the applications for the leaves and recommends approval. I concur. (These recommendations are supplementary to the applications recommended to the Board on March 19, 1975.) Urbana-Champaign College of Fine and Applied Arts Department of Art and Design PETER BODNAR, Professor of Art and Design, academic year, 1975-76, one-half pay.

1 The plan, approved on June 20, 1973, provides for paid leaves of two to four months for certain administrative officers for the purpose of "keeping abreast of developments in their profession and to find time to design new approaches to their tasKs."