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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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approved in March 1963, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nursing on July 17, 1974. The College of Nursing now has proposed to change the name of its master's degree from Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) to Master of Science (M.S.). Attending this change in name are an improved articulation of the master's program with the doctoral program and some minor revisions in the areas of study. Among the revisions are a reduction in the minimum credit hour requirement from 65 to 60, increased emphasis on research, improved format of some courses by changing lectures/discussions to seminars but adding no new subject matter, and improved delineation of the six major areas of concentration with multiple tracks in each area. These changes have been approved by the graduate faculty, the Medical Center Senate, the Chancellor at the Medical Center, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.

Laurence J. Norton Chair, College of Agriculture, Urbana

(15) On February 21, 1973, the Board accepted a gift provided through a trust indenture executed by the late Aurene T. Norton. Under the trust indenture, income is payable to the University and is: to be used for visiting lecturers or for the endowment of a professional chair in the field of agricultural marketing so long as that subject is a feasible subject, and thereafter for visiting lecturers or a professional chair in agricultural economics. I direct that the lecturer a n d / o r the chair provided for herein shall be administered by the dean of the College of Agriculture and the head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois, and shall be named " T h e Laurence J. Norton Chair" in memory of my late husband. I further direct that the preference shall be given to American lecturers in this subject. The Board action of 1973 provided for the establishment of the Laurence J. Norton Chair and for its occupancy on a rotational basis. Further, it was to be considered an additional manpower source, not a replacement of current funds used for existing purposes. T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics were authorized to administer it. The Chancellor, the Dean of the College of Agriculture, and the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Urbana-Champaign campus have now recommended that the following guidelines be adopted for the administration of the chair and for the application of the income received by the University under the trust indenture: 1. An appointee to the Laurence J. Norton Chair shall be known as the "Laurence J. Norton Professor of Agricultural Marketing" and shall be an individual whose objective will be to improve the quality of the University of Illinois programs in agricultural marketing. 2. The chair will be administered by the Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, subject to the appropriate rules and regulations of the University. Appointment to the chair will be made in accordance with established University procedures, upon recommendation of the Dean of the College of Agriculture with the concurrence of the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, who may have the advice of the department faculty.