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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Administrative Staff

23. JAMES R. COLLIER, director of public affairs and assistant professor of advertising, Urbana, beginning July 1, 1978 (NYjN), at an annual salary of $36,000. 24. DENNIS A. DAHL, director of the Office of Continuing Education and Public Service and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, Urbana, beginning May 21, 1978 (NY), at an annual salary of $37,500. 25. COLIN P. FLYNN, professor of physics and director of the Materials Research Laboratory, Urbana, beginning May 1, 1978 (A50;N50), at an annual salary of $34,500. 26. DONALD E. MCMAHON, assistant director of business affairs, Chicago Circle, beginning March 21, 1978 (NY), at an annual salary of $25,046. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d .

Appointment of Fellows to the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana

(9) T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the following appointments of fellows in the Center for Advanced Study for one semester of the academic year 1978-79 and for the program of research or study indicated. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. EVELYNE ACCAD, assistant professor of French, to continue a study of rites, myths, and symbols in the lives of Arab and African women. JOHN BUCKLER, assistant professor of history, to complete for publication a history of the city-state of Thebes during the period of its supremacy, 371-362 B.C. MICHAEL GLASER, assistant professor of biochemistry, to develop new experimental approaches for the study of cell growth in mammalian cells. ANITA J. GLAZE, assistant professor of art, to conduct fieldwork on the Ivory Coast, West Africa, and to incorporate her research into a study of the art and culture of the Senufo peoples. IAN R. HOBSON, assistant professor of music, to study the symphonic and operatic transcriptions of Franz Liszt in their historical, social, and pianistic contexts. JULIAN I. PALMORE, J R . , assistant professor of mathematics, to further develop the mathematics for describing the interactions of multiple celestial bodies. GARY B. SCHUSTER, assistant professor of chemistry, t o investigate short-lived processes in the rearrangement of organic chemical compounds. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these appointments were approved. AMOCO Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence, Chicago Circle

(10) T h e A M O C O Foundation has again provided funds to reward excellence in teaching in the undergraduate programs. This year the Chicago Circle campus proposes to utilize these funds for the Junior Faculty Incentive Awards and for the two faculty members with the highest ratings in the Silver Circle Award Program. At the beginning of the present academic year, a committee was appointed to coordinate the selection of those teaching faculty to be awarded the Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching and was given the additional responsibility of selecting two junior faculty members for the Junior Faculty Incentive Awards. Using the Silver Circle Award procedure, the following individuals were selected for the A M O C O funded awards: JAMES KILLEN, assistant professor of education and of urban education research — Junior Faculty Incentive Award CHARLES BRANHAM, instructor in history — Junior Faculty Incentive Award FREDERICK STERN, assistant professor of English — Silver Circle Award