Ex-UI trustees' chairman denies influencing admissions
By Julie WurthChristine Des Garennes
Wednesday July 15, 2009
CHICAGO – Suggestions that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich traded the chairmanship of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees for political favors surfaced Tuesday in testimony before a state panel investigating UI admissions practices.
Associates of Blagojevich told Trustee Larry Eppley in early 2003 that he was the governor's pick for chairman over Trustee Kenneth Schmidt, a Ryan appointee who was then acting chairman and a senior member of the board, Eppley testified Tuesday at a hearing in Chicago.
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I wonder when and if Emil Jones name is going to appear in the hearings on the political influence on the Board of Trustees?
Posted by on July 15, 2009 at 10:51 PM Suggest Removal
