OPEN MEETING
University of Illinois chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Fiscal Challenges Facing the State
Governor James R. Edgar
Visiting Senior Fellow, IGPA
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
3:00pm-4:30pm
210 Illini Union, General Lounge
Governor Jim Edgar is a distinguished fellow at the UIUC Innstitute of Government & Public Affairs. Prior to this appointment, he was a two-term governor from 1991-99, an office he left with the highest approval rating in Illinois history. Amont his many accomplishments he will always be remembered for balancing the state budget, creating a surplus and his interests in children welfare and education. He also served in the Illinois House and was Secretary of State in Springfield.
He majored in history at Eastern Illinois University where he received a B.S. degree in 1968. Among his many academic accomplishments is his tenure as resident Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Governemnt at Harvard University.
Last October, four months into the lack of State budget impasse, he strongly advised the current to compromise with the legislature.
See: http://www.sj-r.com/article/20151016/NEWS/151019595
