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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[June 20

NEWLY SELECTED NONVOTING STUDENT TRUSTEES FOR 1979-80 T h e secretary presented a report on the selection of these trustees as follows: Chicago Circle Campus T h e election was held on May 9 and 10, 1979, with April Wyncott, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, receiving the largest vote tally of the four candidates on the ballot. T h e total number of votes cast was 956. Medical Center Campus The Executive Student Council has selected Paul Alan Sobotka, a senior in the College of Medicine, to continue to serve as the student trustee from the Medical Center campus. Urbana-Champaign Campus T h e election was held on April 25 and 26, 1979, with Graham Grady, a fourth-year student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, receiving the largest vote tally of the four candidates. T h e total number of ballots cast was 3,822. T h e new student trustees were present at the meeting as observers and were introduced by President Forsyth: Miss April Wyncott of Chicago and Mr. Graham Grady of the U r b a n a campus. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION, RETIRING STUDENT TRUSTEES, 1978-79 1 President Forsyth recognized the two retiring student trustees, Miss Kooper and Mr. Watson. Mrs. Shepherd presented a certificate of appreciation to Miss Kooper, and M r . Howard made the presentation to M r . Watson. Each of the students expressed his pleasure in die opportunity to serve on the board during the past year. RECOGNITION, CHANCELLOR GERBERDING President Forsyth, noting that the present meeting would be the last for Chancellor Gerberding prior to his departure to assume the presidency of the University of Washington, made the following presentation on behalf of the trustees: As you leave to assume the presidency of the University of Washington, the Board of Trustees extends to you and to your family its hopes for the greatest success and satisfaction in the new enterprise. The University can only be pleased to have provided outstanding leadership for another distinguished institution. Nonetheless, we regret that the period of our association has been all too brief. Seldom has an administrator established himself in a position so well and so quickly as you have as chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign campus. You have shown strength and

1 Miss Kooper was unable to attend the early part of the board meeting. Therefore, the presentations were made during a committee meeting prior to the convening of the board.