Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

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MAY MEETING, 1937

The Board accepted with regret the resignation of Associate Professor A. P. Ushenko, effective August 20, 1937, to enable Professor
Ushenko to accept a position in the Department of Philosophy at
Princeton University.
The Board received the request for retirement of Professor S.
Lawrence Bigelow to become effective as of September 23, 1937. Professor Bigelow's retirement was approved by the adoption of the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, After thirty-nine years of distinguished service to the University
of Michigan, Dr. S. Lawrence Bigelow, Professor of General and Physical
Chemistry, a scholarly teacher, a brilliant lecturer, and a friendly, always cooperative colleague, who has loyally taken an effective part in the educational and
administrative work of this institution, has signified his desire, for reasons of
health, to be relieved of active duties; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Regents of the University of Michigan grant with
regret Professor Bigelow's request to retire from the active duties of his professorship; that, in token of their profound appreciation of his devoted service over
so long a period, they confer upon him the title Professor Emeritus of General
and Physical Chemistry, and, furthermore, that a retiring allowance be provided
for him in accordance with the existing regulations of the University.
The Board accepted with regret the resignation of Associate Professor John R. Bates of the Department of Chemistry, now on leave
without salary (p. 59).
The Board accepted with regret the resignation of John Henry
Rushton as Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering to take effect
at the end of the coming Summer Session. The resignation was tendered in order that Professor Rushton might become Professor and
Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of
Virginia.
The Board accepted with regret the resignation of Francis Ellsworth
Ross, Associate Professor of Accounting in the School of Business
Administration, in order that he might take a position with Ernst and
Ernst, public accountants.
Routine appointments, all within the budget, were approved as
follows (p. 214):
APPOINTMENTS
(By action of Faculty Personnel Committee unless otherwise stated. Salary
quoted is the rate for the University year 1936-1937 unless
otherwise stated.)
ADMINISTRATION
Business Office
*Jeanette Putman, A.B., Stenographer, from April 15, 1937, to June 30, 1937,
$1,400, twelve-month basis, vice Amelia Rose Hoheisel, A.B., resigned
BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION
*Marjorie Douglas Turner, Stenographer, from May 1, 1937, to June 30,
1937, $100 a month
DICTAPHONE STATION
*Marjorie King, A.B., Operator, from May 1, 1937, to June 30, 1937, $90
a month, vice Edna Henley Greig, A.B., resigned
* Committee on Office Personnel action.