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July 22, 2002

Dear Colleague:

I am pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees at last Thursday's 
meeting approved my recommendation of Thomas Hardy as the new executive 
director of the Office of University Relations, formerly the University 
Office of Public Affairs.  Tom is a seasoned public relations 
professional who will bring significant experience to this position.

He comes to the U of I from the Chicago office of Burson-Marsteller 
public relations, where he is a managing director of public affairs.  
Previously he served as press secretary to Governor Jim Edgar and worked 
twenty years at the Chicago Tribune as a reporter, columnist, and editor. 
For ten of those years he was the paper's chief Chicago political writer.

The Office of University Relations works with the President, the Board of 
Trustees, and senior university officers to address issues at the 
Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana-Champaign campuses.  In addition to 
overseeing this office, Tom will lead a communications management 
committee that will combine the talents and advice of communications 
professionals from the three campuses, as well as the Alumni Association 
and the University Foundation.

Tom, who will be based in Chicago, will start work August 1.

Please join me in welcoming Tom Hardy to the University of Illinois 
family.

James J. Stukel
President
uipres@uillinois.edu
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