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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 12

Medical Center

4. ANTHONY M. MARINELLI, JR., assistant professor of clinical medicine, beginning March 15, 1978 (1Y), at an annual salary of $34,500. 5. HARRY SASSOON, associate professor of clinical radiology, on 88 percent time, and physician surgeon, on 12 percent time, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, beginning April 1, 1978 (WY88;NY12), at an annual salary of $55,000.

Urbana-Champaign

6. RICHARD E. BOPP, assistant reference librarian and assistant professor of library administration, beginning April 1, 1978 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $12,400. 7. WILLIAM R. DALY, assistant professor of veterinary clinical medicine, beginning June 1, 1978 (1Y), at an annual salary of $27,500. 8. LLOYD E. DAVIS, professor of veterinary anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology, and of veterinary clinical medicine, beginning April 1, 1978 (AY;NY), at an annual salary of $37,500. 9. J. MICHAEL FOSTER, assistant music catalog librarian and assistant professor of library administration, Library, beginning March 21, 1978 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $12,320. 10. GEORGIA A. PORTUONDO, cataloger and assistant professor of library administration, Library, beginning March 21, 1978 (NY), at an annual salary of $12,650. 11. RICHARD H. WESLEY, assistant professor of architecture, beginning January 6, 1978 ( 1 ) , at an annual salary of $14,000. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, these a p p o i n t m e n t s were confirmed.

AMOCO Foundation Awards for Undergraduate Instruction, Urbana

(4) Under the Urbana-Champaign campus undergraduate instructional awards program, awards (generally full-time salary for two months) have for some years been provided for work on projects designed to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction. Following completion of the projects last summer, a campus review committee selected the projects most deserving of recognition for "excellence in teaching in the undergraduate programs by senior staff at the University." The awards are again provided by the AMOCO Foundation. The committee's selections are: CLIFFORD G. CHRISTIANS, research assistant professor of communications, "Guided Decision-Making" T. JOHN KIM, assistant professor of urban and regional planning, "Workshop Materials for Land Use Planning"

ANTHONY L. PERESSINI, professor of mathematics, and WILSON M. ZAJUNG, associate

professor of mathematics, "Pilot Project for the Improvement of Course Materials in Calculus and Precalculus Mathematics" The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs have recommended that awards of $1,000 be made for each of the foregoing projects. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s were approved.

Curriculum Development Grants for Summer 1978 and Awards for Summer 1977, Chicago Circle

(5) The curriculum development grant program at the Chicago Circle campus seeks to encourage better teaching at all levels by systematic improvement of existing courses or development of new courses. The grants generally provide a fulltime salary for two months to the recipients. In addition, those most deserving of recognition may be selected for an additional cash award. In both cases, the