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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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stated that these sentiments apply equally well to a university community as to a home.

A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD REGARDING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNIVERSITY

(1) Mr. Lamont asked Chancellor and Mrs. Stukel to join him at the podium. When all were assembled Mr. Lamont presented the following recommendation:

The Board of Trustees has been convened to take the most important action it has been called upon to consider since President Ikenberry announced his intent to step down — 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. The pertinent passage is as follows: The 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 chair, Janice M. Bahr, who has been kept informed of the board's progress at every point. The members of the Board of Trustees have concluded their work and are ready to take formal action to elect a president. Dr. James Stukel, presently chancellor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a nationally recognized scholar and academic administrator. He began his career at the University some 33 years ago as a student. In the intervening years he rose from assistant professor to professor in the College of Engineering at Urbana-Champaign in addition to holding several administrative positions. Among these were director of the Office of Energy Research; director, Public Policy Research; director of the Engineering Experiment Station and associate dean, all in the College of Engineering at Urbana-Champaign. In 1985, Dr. Stukel was appointed vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College at the Chicago campus. In 1986 he was named executive vice chancellor and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Chicago campus. And, in 1991, he became chancellor of the Chicago campus. Dr. Stukel will continue to hold the positions of professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Chicago, on indefinite tenure; professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, School of Public Health at Chicago, on indefinite tenure; professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Urbana, on indefinite tenure; and professor of environmental engineering, Department of Civil Engineering at Urbana, on indefinite tenure. Accordingly, I will now entertain a motion that Dr. James J. Stukel be elected president of the University of Illinois effective August 1, 1995, at an annual salary of $225,000.

The motion was made by Ms. Reese and approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Calder, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Didato-Castillo, Mr. Rose; no, none.)