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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 6

President Forsyth recognized and called attention to the fact that three special guests were in attendance: President Emeritus David D. Henry, Mr. Park Livingston, former trustee of the University, and John E. Cribbet, dean of the College of Law at Urbana and acting chancellor of the Urbana campus effective July 1, 1979. President Forsyth then presented the following statement and recommendation :

PRESIDENCY OF THE UNIVERSITY

T h e Board of Trustees has been convened to take the most important action it has been called upon to consider since President Corbally announced his intent to resign — the election of a president of the University of Illinois. Our responsibility is a solemn one, resting upon the statutory obligation specified in the laws of the state of Illinois. T h e pertinent passage is as follows: T h e board of trustees shall elect a regent who shall be charged with the general supervision of the educational facilities and interests of the university. Said regent shall be known as President of the University and his term of office shall be at the pleasure of the board of trustees. The trustees have worked at this task with great care and with a keen sense of the responsibility before them. They have been ably assisted by an outstanding Consultative Committee, and in particular by its chairman, Martin Wagner, who has been kept informed of the board's progress at every point. A special recognition should go to Trustee Howard who has acted as the board's liaison with the committee throughout. H e has rendered a significant and statesmanlike service for which the board and the University are deeply grateful. I t is my understanding that the members of the board are now ready to announce their selection of a president and to take formal action to elect him. The choice is Dr. Stanley O. Ikenberry, presently senior vice president of Pennsylvania State University. I am immensely pleased to announce as well that all of the trustees are fully in agreement with this choice. The governor of the state of Illinois has been informed of the board's choice. He concurs in it and supports it. Accordingly, I will now entertain a motion that Dr. Stanley O. Ikenberry be elected president of the University of Illinois effective September 1, 1979, at an annual salary of $71,500.

On motion of Dr. Donoghue, Dr. Stanley O. Ikenberry was elected president of the University of Illinois effective September 1, 1979, at an annual salary of $71,500. The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr. Watson; no, none. The motion was approved by the following roll call vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Stone, Governor Thompson.

INTRODUCTION OF DR. AND MRS. IKENBERRY

At this point the board recessed briefly while Dr. and Mrs. Ikenberry were being escorted to the meeting room. On their arrival, President Forsyth introduced them to the board and to the assembly.