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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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522 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 14 R. O'Malley. The following nonvoting student trustees were present: Mr. Neil J. Malone, Springfield campus; Mr. Roy Mathew, Chicago campus. Mr. Chapin Rose, nonvoting student trustee from the UrbanaChampaign campus, was absent. Also present were President James J. Stukel; Dr. Sylvia Manning, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Michael Aiken, chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. David C. Broski, interim chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dr. Naomi B. Lynn, chancellor, University of Illinois at Springfield; and the officers of the board, Dr. Craig S. Bazzani, comptroller (and vice president for business and finance); Mr. Byron H. Higgins, university counsel; and Dr. Michele M. Thompson, secretary. In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, university director of public affairs; Mr. Kirk Hard, associate president for governmental relations; Ms. Susan J. Sindelar, special assistant to the president; and Ms. Marna K. Fuesting, special assistant to the secretary. EXECUTIVE SESSION Chair Lamont, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, to discuss campus security, and to receive legal advice from counsel." The motion was made by Mrs. Gravenhorst and approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Governor Edgar, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Malone, Mr. Mathew; no, none; absent, Mr. Mathew.) Search for Head Basketball Coach, Urbana President Stukel asked Chancellor Aiken to report on the plans for searching for a replacement for Coach Lou Henson, head basketball coach at Urbana, who had recently announced his retirement. Chancellor Aiken had invited Mr. Ron Guenther, athletic director at the Urbana campus, to join him for this discussion. He asked Mr. Guenther to address the board and describe a profile for the position that he had developed. Mr. Guenther described the position as one of the top 25 basketball coaching positions in the country and then indicated that basketball coaches regard it as among the top 10 jobs of its kind in the country. He then delineated the criteria he considered important for the position. These included: ability in coaching; high integrity; a cultural fit with the academic community and with the athletic director; academic commitment (helping students complete their academic programs with notable achievement); ability to put the University before
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