September 12, 2006
Honorary Inaugural Committee extends invitation to inauguration ceremony
Michael Ruiz, Communications Director, Office of the President
The Honorary Inaugural Committee invites all Southern Illinois University students, faculty and staff and the public to attend the installation of Dr. Glenn Poshard as the seventh president of Southern Illinois University. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. Sept. 28 (Thursday) at the SIU Arena in Carbondale, Ill. Casual attire is permitted.
The members of the Honorary Inaugural Committee include:
Rod Blagojevich, Governor
Jerry Costello, U.S. Representative
Tom Cross, Minority Leader, State Representative
Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator
Emil Jones Jr., Senate President, State Senator
Ray LaHood, U.S. Representative
Michael Madigan, Speaker of the House, State Representative
Barack Obama Jr., U.S. Senator
John Shimkus, U.S. Representative
Frank Watson, Minority Leader, State Senator
Guy Alongi, Chair, Illinois Community College Board
Harold Bardo, Director, MEDPREP; Chair, SIU Presidential Search Committee
Margaret Blackshere, President, Illinois AFL-CIO
Susan Breck, President, SIUE Faculty Senate
Jay Brooks, President, SIUC Civil Service Council
Thomas Caliper, Business Manager, Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 551
Brad Colwell, Chair, SIUC Graduate Council
Constantine Curris, President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Larry DeJarnett, President, SIUC Foundation
Randy Dunn, Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education
Radcliffe G. Edmonds, Jr., SIUE, Associate Professor, Economics and Finance; Director, School of Business, Office of International Programs
Sam Gaines, President, School of Medicine Alumni Board of Governors
Charlotte Gibson, Chair, SIUC Administrative and Professional Staff Council
Samuel Goldman, SIU Board of Trustees
Jean Harrison, President, SIUE Graduate Council
Ed Hightower, SIU Board of Trustees
Sheri Hunter, President, SIU Alumni Association
James Kaplan, Chair, Illinois Board of Higher Education
Richard Legon, President, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Larry Lexow, President, SIUE Alumni Association Board
M. Peter McPherson, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Carl Mitchell, President, SIUE Student Senate
Richard H. Moy, Former Dean and Provost, SIU School of Medicine
Akeem Mustapha, President, SIUC Undergraduate Student Government
David Oates, President, SIUE Foundation Board
Jesse Phelps, SIU Board of Trustees
Jon Pressley, President, SIUC Graduate and Professional Student Council
Jesse Ruiz, Chair, Illinois State Board of Education
Keith Sanders, SIU Board of Trustees
John Simmons, SIU Board of Trustees
Lucy Sloan, Vice Chair, Illinois Board of Higher Education
Edward Smith, Vice President, Regional Manager, and Assistant to the General President, Laborers’ International Union of North America
Kyle Stunkel, President, SIUE Staff Senate
Roger Tedrick, Chair, SIU Board of Trustees
David Ward, President, American Council on Education
Douglas Whitley, President and CEO, Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Wigginton, SIU Board of Trustees
Marquita Wiley, SIU Board of Trustees
David Worrells, President, SIUC Faculty Senate