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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The nomination of Professor O'Connell is supported by the consultative committee1 and by the faculty of the department. The chancellor has approved the recommendation, and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . H a h n , this appointment was approved. Headship of the Department of Botany, Urbana (6) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Larry N. Vanderhoef, presently associate professor of botany, as professor on indefinite tenure and head of the Department of Botany, beginning August 21, 1977, on an academic-year service basis, at an annual salary of $25,350. Dr. Vanderhoef will succeed Professor J. B. Hanson who has asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee1 and after consultation with the faculty members of the department. The Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the director and the Executive Committee of the School of Life Sciences endorse the appointment. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved the recommendation, and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Livingston, this appointment was approved. Chairpersonship of the Department of Anthropology, Chicago Circle (7) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chicago Circle has recommended to the chancellor the appointment of Sylvia Vatuk, presently associate professor of anthropology, as chairperson of the Department of Anthropology, for a two-year term beginning September 1, 1977, on an academic-year service basis. Professor Vatuk's salary will be determined when the 1977-78 budget is prepared. Professor Vatuk will continue to hold the rank of associate professor on indefinite tenure. She will succeed Professor Robert Hall who has served since January 1971. The nomination of Professor Vatuk is supported by the faculty of the department. The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Volgman, this appointment was approved. Chairpersonship of the Department of Classics, Chicago Circle (8) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chicago Circle has recommended to the chancellor the appointment of Elizabeth R. Gebhard, presently associate professor of classics, as chairperson of the Department of Classics for a two-year term beginning September 1, 1977, on an academic-year service basis. Professor Gebhard's salary will be determined when the 1977-78 budget is prepared.

1 John C. Johnson, professor of English and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, chairperson; Robert Hallowell, professor of French; Dana Hutchinson, graduate student in French; Douglas Johnson, instructor in French; Marie Lein, professor of French; Leroy Shaw, professor of German; Biljana Sljivic-Simsic, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures: and Mario J. Valdes, professor of Spanish and head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. ' Robert W. Howell, professor of agronomy and head of the department, chairperson; David £. Koeppe, associate professor of plant physiology in agronomy and of forestry; Frederick Meins, Jr., associate professor of botany and of genetics and development; Carol A. Shearer, assistant professor of botany.