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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 16

lor at Urbana has recommended the following appointments of associates in the Center for Advanced Study for the academic year 1977-78 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. The Vice President for Academic Affairs has recommended approval. GRAY, JOHN W., Professor of Mathematics, for the academic year, for research in category theory and its applications to algebra and mechanics. HOLLOWAY, LELAND E., Professor of Physics, for the academic year, to investigate the properties of new elementary particles —• charmed hadrons — at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. KORST, HELMUT H., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, for one semester, to prepare a monograph on flow separation mechanisms applicable to rocket and jet propulsion. LAFAVE, WAYNE R., Professor of Law, for one semester, to complete a book dealing with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution — the laws of search, seizure, and arrest. LEWIS, CHARLES, Associate Professor of Psychology, for one semester, to study Bayesian inference as an alternative to sampling theory in psychological research. NELSON, CARY R., Associate Professor of English, for one semester, to complete a study of open literary forms -— the relationships between aesthetics and history in contemporary American poetry. PILCHER, DONALD W., Associate Professor of Art, for one semester, to continue his work in ceramics design. RASCHEFP, JULIUS E., Associate Professor of Art, for one semester, to experiment with new film techniques using a special optical printer to create new images in the mind of the viewer. REICHMANN, MANFRED E., Professor of Microbiology, for one semester, for research on the development of pseudotypes for use in the study of tumor viruses. REILLY, FRANK K., Professor of Finance, for one semester, to examine the effects of changes in the equity capital markets and their implications for investors and corporations. SCHMITZ, ROGER A., Professor of Chemical Engineering, for one semester, to initiate new directions of research in the phenomena of oscillatory reactions that occur on various solid catalytic surfaces. SCHOENFELD, HANNS MARTIN W., Professor of Accountancy and Business Administration, for one semester, to analyze accounting systems in East European countries and to compare them with procedures in the United States and Western Europe. TONDEUR, PHILIPPE M., Professor of Mathematics, for the academic year, to continue his work on mathematical theory with applications in differential geometry and topology. TREXLER, RICHARD C , Associate Professor of History, for one semester, to complete research for a history of religion and church in the Florentine Republic (12501550). WATSON, WILLIAM D., Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, for the academic year, for a study of cross sections for charge-exchange in collisions between atoms of astrophysical interests. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . R a d e r , these a p p o i n t m e n t s were approved.

Sabbatical Leave of Absence, 1976-77, Medical Center

(15) The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended that the following faculty member be given a sabbatical leave of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes and on the terms and for the period indicated.