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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 16

Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association, Urbana

(2) O n May 15, 1974, the Board of Trustees approved a change in the By-Laws of the Athletic Association of the University of Illinois, increasing the number of directors from nine to eleven, six from the faculty and five from the Alumni Association. At its March 20, 1974, meeting the Trustees appointed nine members to the Board of Directors. Thus, there now are two vacancies. The Chancellor of the Urbana-Ghampaign campus has recommended the following persons for appointment effective immediately and to continue until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, or until their successors have been appointed: From the Faculty: J o MAKCUSO, Assistant Professor of Secondary and Continuing Education and of Physical Education

From the Alumni Association.: MARY HALL (Mrs. RICHARD J.) JONES, Class of 1948,

Champaign, Illinois I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Headship of the Department of Dermatology, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Medical Center

(3) T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended the appointment of Dr. Lawrence M. Solomon, presently Professor and Acting Head of the Department of Dermatology, as Professor of Dermatology on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department beginning November 1, 1974, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $42,000. Dr. Solomon will succeed Dr. Adolph Rostenberg, Jr., who retired effective August 3 1 , 1974. Dr. Solomon has served as Acting Head of the Department since that time. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with all members of the faculty of the Department of Dermatology of the rank of assistant professor and above. T h e Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Headship of the Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences at the Medical Center, College of Medicine, Medical Center

(4) T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended the appointment of Dr. Roderich W. Walter, presently Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, as Professor of Physiology on indefinite tenure and Head of the Department beginning November 1, 1974, on a twelvemonth service basis, at a n annual salary of $38,000. Dr. Walter will succeed Dr. Arnold V. Wolf who became Dean of the Graduate College at the Medical Center effective March 1, 1973. Dr. Akira Omachi has served as Acting Head since that time.

1 George R. Honig, Professor of Pediatrics, ALSM, Chairman; Irving Distelheim, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, ALSM; Marten M. KernU, Associate Dean, SBMS-MG, Basic Sciences Coordinator. AHES, and Associate Professor of Anatomy, SBMS-MC: Elizabeth A. McGreWj Professor of Pathology and Acting Head of the Department, ALSM; Marilyn T. Miller, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, ALSM: Hyman L. Muslin, Professor of Psychiatry and Acting Head of the Department, ALSM; Max Samter, Professor of Medicine, ALSM, and Chief of Staff. University of Illinois Hospitals; Ralph M. Wynn, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Head of the Department, ALSM; and H. M. Engle, Vice Chancellor for Health Services, Hospital, and Professor of Medicine, ALSM.