Top UI administrator wrapping up career

Steve Rugg, a top University of Illinois administrator in planning and administration, will retire next month.

The 63-year-old Rugg said he has passed the point where his service credit accumulates with the state retirement system and, with a new leadership team in place at the university, the time had come for him to announce his retirement.

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