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of the Laboratory effective September 1, 1957. The salary of this position will be
determined when the budget for 1957-58 is submitted to the Board of Trustees for
approval.
I recommend approval of these changes.
On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations and the appointment
were approved.
CHAIRMANSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
(4) The term of Professor Francis G. Wilson as Chairman of the Department of
Political Science will expire at the end of the current academic year and he has
expressed a desire to withdraw from the chairmanship in order to devote his whole
energies to teaching and research. After consultation with all members of the
Department of professorial rank, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences recommends the appointment of Clyde Frank Snider as Chairman for two
years beginning September 1, 1957, in addition to his appointment as Professor of
Political Science on indefinite tenure.
The salary of this position will be determined later when the budget for
1957-58 is prepared and submitted to the Board for approval.
The Vice-President and Provost, the Dean of the Graduate College, and the
Executive Committee of the College concur.
I recommend approval.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, this appointment was approved.
RESIGNATION OF FREDRICK S. SIEBERT
(5) It is with great regret that I report the resignation of Fredrick S. Siebert,
Director of the School of Journalism and Communications, who has accepted a
position at Michigan State University. His resignation will become effective at
the end of the current academic year, but he has agreed to continue in service at
the University of Illinois through the month of September, 1957, if necessary, in
order to facilitate the change in administration of the School.
I request that the President of the University be authorized to accept this
resignation and to determine the effective date.
On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this request was granted.
SABBATICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR
GOTTFRIED S. FRAENKEL
(6) I recommend that Professor Gottfried S. Fraenkel be given sabbatical leave
of absence on one-half pay for the second semester of the academic year 1957-58
(March I through August 31, 1958).
He plans to spend that period in research on silk worms at the University of
Tokyo under a fellowship grant he has received from the National Science
Foundation.
Professor Fraenkel was granted a sabbatical leave of absence on one-half pay
for the second semester of the current academic year but at his request this leave
was cancelled without prejudice. Hence, the present proposal is reinstatement of
leave previously authorized.
On motion of Mr. Swain, this leave was granted.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
(7) At its meeting on February 14, 1957, the Board of Trustees approved appointments
and reappointments to the University of Illinois Citizens Committee. I
now submit the following supplemental nominations for appointment to that
Committee for a period of three years. These recommendations have previously
been cleared with the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, and the
persons recommended for appointment have agreed to serve.
EUGENE ABEGG
President, Illinois National Bank &
Trust Co.
230 South Main Street
Rockford
JOHN P. BALLMAN
Partner, Ballman & Main, Investment
Bankers
105 West Adams Street
Chicago 3