Ex-UI trustees' chairman denies influencing admissions
By Julie Wurth and Christine Des Garennes
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:45 PM CDT
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?
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