Four U of I alums named to the BoT

by Joshua • Sep 4th, 2009 at 9:13 am • 7 comments

Governor Quinn has named four new members to the BoT, all of whom are U of I alumni.

The new members are:

  1. Former Springfield Mayor Karen Hasara
  2. Timothy Koritz, a staff anesthesiologist at Rockford Memorial Hospital
  3. Pamela Strobel, retired executive vice president and chief administrative office of Exelon
  4. Carlos Tortolero, the president of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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  1. Comment by Matt on 4 September 2009 at 9:20 am:

    Not necessarily a bad list, but I think it a shame that David Dorris was not reappointed.

  2. Comment by Joshua on 4 September 2009 at 9:23 am:

    I think at one point during the Blago admin, the BoT had 4 members w/ out college degrees. Maybe 1 or 2 w/ out college degrees who are captains of industry, sure, but 4 of the members?

  3. Comment by Matt on 4 September 2009 at 9:25 am:

    Who didn’t have a college degree?

  4. Comment by Dennis on 4 September 2009 at 9:32 am:

    Fifth BoT is:
    Edward L. McMillan, Principal and CEO, McMillan LLC

    The only one I know is Karen Hasara who is a graduate of UIS when it was SSU. She was also a Circuit Clerk when she got her degree in legal studies and then served in the Illinois House before becoming Mayor. She’s a moderate Republican and has always been approachable on any issue. I also understand that the other 4 are all U of I grads.

  5. Comment by Joshua on 4 September 2009 at 9:41 am:

    I cant remember which 4, but I’m pretty sure the person I learned that stat from wasn’t counting the 3 student trustees! :)

  6. Comment by Nick on 4 September 2009 at 6:08 pm:

    The Board was made up of the following Trustees before the scandal. 6 of 9 had UI degrees

    Larry Eppley, UIUC undergrad, MA in Accountancy & JD
    Ken Schmidt, UIUC undergrad, UIC MD
    Devon Bruce, UIUC undergrad, JD
    David Dorris, UIUC JD
    Edward McMillan, UIUC undergrad (replaced Bob Sperling in 2008, UI undergrad)
    James Montgomery, UIUC undergrad & JD (replaced Marge Sodemann in 2007, Champaign resident but not a UI grad)
    Niranjan Shah, not a UI grad
    Frances Carroll, not a UI grad
    Bob Vickrey, not a UI grad

    Now 5/9 trustees have UI degrees.

    Edward McMillan, UIUC undergrad
    James Montgomery, UIUC undergrad & JD
    Pamela Strobel, UIUC BA & JD
    Karen Hasara, UIS undergrad & MA
    Carlos Tortolero, UIC undergrad
    Timothy Koritz, not a UI grad
    Chris Kennedy, not a UI grad
    Lawrence Olliver, not a UI grad
    Frances Carroll, not a UI grad

  7. Comment by Nick on 4 September 2009 at 6:17 pm:

    Actually it appears Timothy Koritz is a UIUC grad. The article I read originally implied that he wasn’t.

    http://news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/09/04/profile_of_timothy_koritz

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