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864 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 19
MINUTES APPROVED
The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of
Trustees on June 20, 1957, press proof copies of which had been sent
to all members of the Board in advance.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, the minutes were approved as printed
on pages 431 to 502, inclusive.
BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
The Board considered the following reports and recommendations
from the President of the University.
DEANSHIP OF THE COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM
AND COMMUNICATIONS
(1) I recommend the appointment of Dr. Theodore B. Peterson, Jr., presently
Associate Professor of Journalism and Head of the Division of Journalism, as
Professor of Journalism on indefinite tenure and as Dean of the College of
Journalism and Communications for two years beginning September 1, 1957, at
a salary of $13,000 a year on a twelve months' basis.
A special search committee has recommended this appointment. The Executive
Committee of the College and the Vice-President and Provost have also
been consulted and concur.
On motion of Mr. Hughes, this appointment was approved.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND
DEAN OF ADMINISTRATION
(2) The position of Assistant to the Provost is presently vacant, Dr. Gibbon
Butler who was in this post during the past year having been appointed Associate
Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In considering his replacement,
the Vice-President and Provost has recommended, and I have concurred,
that the position be reorganized to include enlarged administrative responsibilities.
To reflect this conception of the duties of the position, I recommend that the
title be changed to "Associate Provost and Dean of Administration" which will
enable the incumbent to represent the office of the Provost in many relationships
with the deans of the colleges and directors of the schools and institutes. For
example, the former Assistant to the Provost represented the Provost in administrative
relations with the Chicago Undergraduate Division, in discharging
the Provost's function as Coordinator of the Armed Forces, and in reviewing
changes in courses and curricula, as well as by serving on a number of University
committees. The Associate Provost and Dean of Administration will have
these assignments and several others, some of them of an even more demanding
nature. He will be the Chairman of a new committee on the development of the
educational program at the Chicago Undergraduate Division; he will be used in
meeting other critical problems as they occur; and he will act for the Provost
when the need arises in areas with some of which the Provost has heretofore
dealt alone.
To fill this position, I recommend the appointment of Dr. Royden Dangerfield,
presently Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute ot
Government and Public Affairs, as Professor of Political Science, on indefinite
tenure, and Associate Provost and Dean of Administration, beginning October
I, 1957, and continuing until August 31, 1959, at a salary of $18,500 a year on
a twelve months' basis.
On motion of Mr. Swain, this appointment was approved.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY
(3) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant
Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous
meeting of the Board of Trustees.
1. ERNEST W. ANDERSON, Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension, De­
at an
partment of County Farm Extension, beginning September 1, IQ57.
annual salary of $10,000 (AY).