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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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horst, Mr. T h o m a s R. Lamont, Ms. J u d i t h R. Reese, Mrs. Nina T Shepherd, Mr. Charles P. Wolff. Governor Jim Edgar was absent. Mr. Scott Forbes, nonvoting student trustee from the Urbana-Champaign campus, was present. Ms. Dawn O'Shay Kelly, nonvoting student trustee from the Chicago campus, was absent. Also present were President Stanley O. Ikenberry; Dr. Robert W. Resek, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. James J. Stukel, interim chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago; and the officers of the board, Dr. Craig S. Bazzani, comptroller (and vice president for business and finance); Mr. Byron H. Higgins, university counsel; Mr. Bernard T. Wall, treasurer; and Dr. Michele M. T h o m p s o n , secretary. (Dr. Robert M. Berdahl, vice chancellor for academic affairs, Urbana-Champaign campus, attended the meeting for Chancellor Morton W. Weir.) In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS1 This o r d e r of business, originally scheduled for the J a n u a r y 1991 meeting of the board and set aside at that meeting, was considered at this time. Due to the fact that trustees elected in November 1990 were not eligible to vote until the second Monday in January 1991, this business was deferred until the Feburary 1991 meeting. Election of Officers President of the Board Mr. Wolff called for nominations for president of the board. Mrs. Calder nominated Mr. Wolff, and Ms. Reese nominated Mrs. Gravenhorst. T h e nominations were closed. T h e ballot results were: trustees voting for Mr. Wolff — Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mr. Lamont, Mr. Wolff; trustees voting for Mrs. Gravenhorst — Mrs. Gravenhorst, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd. Mr. Wolff was elected president of the board to serve until the next annual meeting of the board or until his successor shall have been elected. After the results were tallied, Mrs. Gravenhorst congratulated Mr. Wolff on being elected president.

Executive Committee

Mr. Wolff then asked for nominations for the Executive Committee. Mr. Grabowski nominated Mr. Boyle and Ms. Reese to serve as

1 Prior to this, the board met as a Committee on the University Hospital to receive a report from Mr. Donovan W. Riley, director, University Hospital, on the hospital's census and a quarterly financial review. (A copy of this report is filed with the secretary.) Dean Moss then reported on recruitment for new faculty in the College of Medicine, particularly new department chairs. He also reviewed the current status of Humana Hospital's purchase of Michael Reese Hospital and how the College of Medicine will relate to Humana.