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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e recommendation is made with the advice of a consultative committee 1 and after consultation with members of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health of the rank of Assistant Professor and above. The Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Neal, this appointment was approved.

Directorship of Institute of Communications Research, Urbana

(6) T h e Dean of the College of Communications has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Howard S. Maclay, presently Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research, Professor of Linguistics, and Acting Director of the Institute of Communications Research, as Director of the Institute, beginning August 21, 1977, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $32,000. Dr. Maclay will continue to hold the ranks of Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research and Professor of Linguistics on indefinite tenure. Professor Maclay has been Acting Director since August 21, 1976, when Dr. James W. Carey resigned from the University. The nomination was made with the advice of a search committee.' T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Rader, this appointment was approved.

Appointments to the Faculty

(7) 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 Y — Twelve months' service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

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lay member; Dean R. Bordeaux, Associate Professor of Family Practice and Acting Chairman of the Department, PSM: Tames Crane, student, PSM; Jack Domnitz, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, PSM; G. W. Grawey, Clinical Associate in Preventive Medicine, PSM; Nathaniel Pugh, Jr., Associate Dean, PSM. 2 John H. Schacht, Professor of Journalism, Chairman; Joseph^ B. Casagrande, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for International Comparative Studies; Gene S. Giknore, Associate Professor of Journalism; Samuel K. Gove, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Thomas H. Guback, Research Associate Professor of Communications in the Department of Journalism and in the Institute of Communications Research; Rim B. Rotzoll, Associate Professor of Advertising; Rita J. Simon, Professor of Sociology and Law, Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research, and Director of the Law and Society Program in the Department of Sociology; Linda C. Steiner, graduate student.

Robert D. Hart, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, PSM, Chairman; Charles Alcorn,