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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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562 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 15 were taken at Chicago Circle, 14 leaves were taken at the Medical Center, and 167 leaves were taken at Urbana-Champaign.) I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , these leaves w e r e granted as r e c o m m e n d e d . Honorary Degree, Chicago Circle (11) The senate at the Chicago Circle campus has recommended that an honorary degree be conferred on the following person at the Commencement Exercises on June 11, 1978: MARTIN D . KAMEN, professor of biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Southern California — Doctor of Science Degree. The chancellor has concurred in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of Miss Winter, this d e g r e e w a s authorized as r e c o m mended. Honorary Degree, Medical Center (12) The senate at the Medical Center campus has recommended that an honorary degree be conferred on the following person at the Commencement Exercises on June 2, 1978: HARRY F. DOWLING, professor emeritus of medicine, University of Illinois at the Medical Center — the degree of Doctor of Science. The chancellor concurs in the recommendation of the Medical Center Senate. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M i s s C o n l o n , this degree w a s authorized as r e c o m mended. Honorary Degrees, Urbana (13) The senate at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 21, 1978: PHILIP W. ANDERSON, solid state physicist, 1977 Nobel Laureate in Physics — the degree of Doctor of Science. HANS J. MORGENTHAU, political scientist, educator, and author — the degree of Doctor of Laws. NATHAN M. NEWMARK, professor emeritus of civil engineering, University of Illinois; structural engineer; and educator — the degree of Doctor of Science. The chancellor concurs in the recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , these degrees w e r e authorized as r e c o m mended. Tuition and Fee Waivers for Graduate Students, Chicago Circle (14) In actions taken on May 16, 1967, February 19, 1969, and July 16, 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized tuition and fee waivers for graduate students at Chicago Circle. The latest action, authorizing 125 such waivers annually, was designed to bring the percentage of waivers up to the level authorized for the other two campuses. Since that date, graduate enrollments at Chicago Circle have continued to increase. The University Academic Council now recommends that the number of tuition and fee waivers for graduate students at Chicago Circle be increased to
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