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reward. T h e committee recommended that the following individuals be so recognized: JOHN C. MELLON, Associate Professor of English, "Curriculum Development in English Composition: A Project to Identify and Plan Alternative Structures in the Areas of Measurement, Organization, Teaching Materials, and Training Procedures for Staff Development" WAYNE A. BOYER, Associate Professor of Art, "Development of a Course in the His• tory of Latin American Architecture and Art" At the beginning of the academic year a committee was appointed to coordinate the selection of those teaching faculty members to be awarded the Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching and was given the additional responsibility to select three junior faculty members for the Junior Faculty Incentive Awards, two of which are to be funded through the Amoco Foundation grant. Using the Silver Circle Award procedure (senior class members nominate and vote for those faculty they feel deserving of the awards), the following individuals were selected for the Amocc-funded awards: JEROME NEAPOLITAN, Instructor, Department of Criminal Justice PAUL O'BRIEN, Instructor, Department of Accounting T h e Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the Vice President for Academic Affairs have recommended that awards of $500 be made to each of the foregoing individuals. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these recommendations were approved.

Honorary Degrees, Chicago Circle

(9) T h e Senate at the Chicago Circle campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on June 12, 1977. CYRUS COLTER, Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, Professor of English, and Chairman of the Department of African-American Studies, Northwestern University, the degree of Doctor of Letters BENNY GOODMAN, Clarinetist and Orchestra Leader, the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts ROBERT G. SACHS, Director, Argonne National Laboratory; and Professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, the degree of Doctor of Science T h e Chancellor at Chicago Circle concurs in the recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , t h e s e d e g r e e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d as r e c o m mended.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1977-78, Urbana

(10) The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended members of the faculty to be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. T h e programs of research, study, and travel for which leaves are requested have been examined by the research board at the campus, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs has reviewed die applications for the leaves and recommends approval of three leaves. (A list of those recommended has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.) I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these leaves were granted as recommended.