Roberson’s appointment as athletic director approved

The Regents approved the appointment of Joseph Roberson as director of athletics, effective July 1, 1994, for a three-year term. His nomination to the post was announced Sept. 3.

Title changes OK’d

The Regents approved changes in the titles of three officers.

Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. is now executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. Farris W. Womack is now executive vice president and chief financial officer. Walter Harrison is now vice president for university relations. All three appointments were effective Sept. 1.

Four receive tenured faculty appointments

Faculty appointments, with tenure, approved by the Regents included:

Anthony M. Bloch, from Ohio State University, will be associate professor of mathematics, effective Sept. 1.

Ann Lesley Milroy, from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, will be professor of linguistics, effective Sept. 1.

Valentine I. Zakharov, a member of the Max-Planck Institute for Physics, will be professor of physics, effective Sept. 1.

Seigo Izumo, from Harvard Medical School, will be professor of internal medicine, effective Sept. 1.

Lipschutz appointed associate provost

The appointment of Susan S. Lipschutz as associate provost was approved by the Regents, effective Nov. 1

Cook’s appointment as CRLT head approved

The appointment of Constance E. Cook as director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) was approved.

She will serve as director-designate of CRLT during September and October and as director beginning Nov. 1

$33.8 million in gifts accepted

The Regents accepted $33,817,752 in gifts received in June, July and August. The total included $15,456,020 from individuals, $7,039,874 from corporations, $6,776,511 from foundations, and $4,545,347 from associations and others.

Angell Hall addition gets go-ahead

The Regents approved the proposed construction of an addition that will connect the south ends of Angell Hall and Haven Hall.

The 40,000-gross-square-foot facility would meet several long-range space goals for LS&A.

As the Department of Mathematics moves from Angell Hall to the East Engineering Building, when the latter is remodeled, the Department of English would use the space in Angell Hall vacated by mathematics, said Executive Vice President Farris W. Womack. “This would allow consolidation of both the Department of History and the Department of Political Science in Haven Hall as English vacates that facility.

“We believe there exists a window of opportunity to plan the revisions to Angell Hall with some additional space included to satisfy many long-term space needs of the humanities. Many irreversible compromises in space arrangements will be made if we proceed with the Angell Hall renovations without incorporating the additional space being proposed,” Womack noted.

“The addition would effectively allow the consolidation of the Department of English, avoid the need to relocate several smaller units presently in Angell Hall, and result in the preservation of needed classroom space in the Angell Hall/Haven Hall/Mason Hall complex.”

Estimated cost is $6 million, to be funded by LS&A and the University’s non-recurring capital resources.

The Regents named Albert Kahn Associates Inc. as the project’s architect.