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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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to seven candidates who wish to transfer the examination credit earned by passing the standard written examination in another state and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943 as amended. The names of the candidates are filed with the Secretary. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, these certificates were a w a r d e d . Additional Appointment, National Advisory Committee, Institute of Aviation, Urbana (2) On April 14, 1976, the Trustees approved the establishment of a National Advisory Committee for the Institute of Aviation. At that time it was noted that recommendations concerning additional membership were pending. The Director of the Institute of Aviation has now recommended to the Chancellor the appointment of one additional committee member. F. M. ROGERS, General, USAF, Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s approved. Headship of the Department of French, Urbana (3) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Paul A. Gaeng, presently Professor and Head of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Cincinnati, as Professor of French on indefinite tenure and as Head of the Department of French beginning August 21, 1976, on an academicyear service basis, at an annual salary of $38,000. Dr. Gaeng will succeed Dr. Emile J. Talbot who has been Acting Head during the 1975-76 academic year. The nomination was made with the advice of a search committee1 and after consultation with members of the department of professorial rank, the Executive Committee and Acting Director of the School of Humanities, and the Executive Committee of the college. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s approved. Appointments to the Faculty (4) The 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 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

1 Henry R. Kahane, Professor of Spanish and of Linguistics Emeritus, Chairman; Peter Haidu, Professor of French; Fernand Marty, Professor of French and in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory; Nancy Randa, graduate student; Jack C. Stiilinger, Professor of English and in the Center for Advanced Study; Emile J. Talbot, Associate Professor of French and Acting Head of the department.