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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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chairperson of the department, Peoria School of Medicine, beginning August 1, 1978, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $52,500. The Board of Trustees approved the departmentalization of the Peoria School of Medicine on April 17, 1974. Dr. Loeffel will be the first administrator of the department. The recommendation is made with the advice of a consultative committee 1 and after consultation with the members of the department. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Chairperson, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Urbana

(7) The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended to the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign the appointment of Dr. Richard A. PretoRodas, presently professor of Spanish and Portuguese, as chairperson of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, beginning August 21, 1978, on an academic-year service basis. Appropriate salary adjustment will be determined at the time of the preparation of the 1978-79 budget. Dr. Preto-Rodas will continue to hold the rank of professor of Spanish and Portuguese. He will succeed Dr. William C. Blaylock who asked to be relieved of this administrative assignment. The nomination is submitted upon the recommendation of the members of the faculty of the department and is supported by the Executive Committee of the School of Humanities and the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The chancellor has approved the recommendation, and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Appointments to the Faculty

(8) The 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. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated. A — Indefinite tenure N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a professor or associate professor T — Terminal appointment accompanied with or preceded by notice of nonreappointment W — One-year appointment subject to special written agreement Y — Twelve-month service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure. Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

1 Jean C. Aldag, associate dean, School of Associated Medical Sciences, and associate professor of preventive medicine and community health, PSM, chairperson; Judy Bluestone, lay member; Michael D. Cashman, clinical associate in medicine, PSM; Marjorie Martin, lay member; Daudur Rahman, clinical associate professor of pathology, PSM; William Schwied, clinical associate in medicine, PSM; Carl W. Soderttrom, Jr., clinical assistant professor of dermatology, PSM; and Robert Sparrow, medical student.