Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978 [PAGE 520]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1978]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

507

United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h e s e certificates w e r e a w a r d e d .

Headship of the Department of Advertising, Urbana

(3) T h e dean of the College of Communications has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Arnold M. Barban, presendy professor of advertising and acting head of the department, as head of the department, beginning January 2 1 , 1978, on an academic-year service basis, at an annual salary of $31,400. Dr. Barban will continue to hold the rank of professor of advertising on indefinite tenure. He has been acting head since the resignation of Dr. S. Watson D u n n in August 1977. The nomination is made with the advice of a search committee 1 and after consultation with members of the department of professorial rank. The 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.

Headship of the Department of Civil Engineering, Urbana

(4) T h e dean of the College of Engineering has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Jon C. Liebman, presently professor of environmental engineering and associate head of the Department of Civil Engineering, as head of the Department of Civil Engineering, beginning February 1, 1978, on an academic-year service basis at an annual salary of $31,000. Dr. Liebman will continue to hold the rank of professor of environmental engineering on indefinite tenure. Dr. Liebman will succeed Professor Chester P. Siess who has asked to be relieved of this administrative appointment. T h e nomination of Dr. Liebman is made with the advice of a search committee' and after consultation with members of the Department of Civil Engineering of professorial rank. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign approves the recommendation, and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Appointments to the Faculty

(5) T h e following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of assistant professor and above, and certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees.

1 James £. Haefner, associate professor of advertising, chairperson; James F. Evans, professor of agricultural communications in. the College of Agriculture and professor of journalism in the College of Communications; John D. Leckenby, assistant professor of advertising; Debra K. Low, graduate student; Quentin J. Schultze, visiting instructor in advertising; Seymour Sudman, professor of business administration and of sociology and professor in the University Survey Research Laboratory. ' Mac £. Van Valkenburg, professor of electrical engineering, chairperson; Ernest J. Barcnberg, rofessor of civil engineering: Earl D. Brill, Jr., assistant professor of civil engineering and in the nstitute for Environmental Studies; Edward J. Cording, professor of civil engineering; William J. Hall, professor of civil engineering; Clyde E. Kesler, professor of civil engineering and of theoretical and applied mechanics; Narbey Khachaturian, professor of civil engineering; Vernon L. Snoeyink, professor of environmental engineering in civil engineering; Wilbert F. Stoecker, professor of mechanical engineering; Harry G. Wenzel, Jr., associate professor of civil engineering.

f