The retiring president of the University of Illinois got a standing ovation at his final meeting of the school’s board of trustees.
Meeting in Springfield, the board also appointed a 19-member committee, including former Springfield Mayor Karen Hasara, to search for a new president. The committee will be chaired by trustee Pamela Strobel.
Also appointed to the committee from the University of Illinois Springfield were:
* Faculty members Tih-Fen Ting, chair of the campus senate and associate professor of environmental studies, and James Patrick Hall, director of the MBA program and vice chair of the campus senate.
* Student representative Charles Olivier, vice president of the Student Government Association. He is an undergraduate in accountancy and business administration.
The appointments were reported in an November 13, 2009 State Journal-Register article.
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