Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1995] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 271 I recommend approval. By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Authorization for Settlement (3) The university counsel recommends that the board approve settlement of Stepney v. Wilcoxson, et al. in the amount of $325,000. The plaintiff alleges that our defendants negligently and carelessly failed to recognize and remove a mucus plug from plaintiff's decedent's endotracheal tube and that as a result, the plaintiff's decedent suffered hypoxic encephalopathy, had severe neurologic impairment, and eventually died as a result of the anoxic brain damage. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Comments, Chancellor, Chicago Campus Chancellor Stukel reported that he would recommend Dr. Sidney Simpson to the board for the position, dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago. He also said that Interim Chancellor David Broski would conduct a search for a permanent vice chancellor for student affairs. Mrs. Gravenhorst asked about the chancellor's plans to begin a search for a chancellor of the Chicago campus, given the fact that Dr. Stukel would move into the position of president of the University in August 1995. Chancellor Stukel said he was beginning discussions about the selection of the search committee on the campus presently. Comments, Chancellor, Urbana-Champaign Campus Chancellor Aiken addressed the board next and commented on the loss of Dean W. Reginald Gomes of the College of Agriculture to the University of California and indicated that a search for a successor to Dean Gomes was commencing. Next, he reported that the search for a dean of the College of Education was nearing completion and that he hoped to bring a recommendation to the board soon. In addition, he indicated that the searches for associate chancellor for affirmative action and vice chancellor for student affairs were nearing conclusion. Pending Litigation Mrs. Gravenhorst asked for more information concerning the suit filed by the faculty union at Sangamon State University which challenges the transfer of that institution to the University of Illinois. Mr. Higgins then informed the board that the University had been sued by the faculty union at Sangamon State University for alleged attempts to
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