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For more information, please contact [email protected]. stern names coUege after million donor CARR $1 LDENNIS Eastern is already an excellent institution, and I hope that our support will help create an even PARK-A $1 million gift better opportunity for students of business." to Eastern Thursday enabled the Additional funds have been designated by the "ty to create an unprecidented endowed Lumpkin Foundation from an existing endowment, chair position and to name the College of established in 1964, to be used to assist with a new after the donor. College of Business building and to provide funds umpkin Foundation of Mattoon donated the for enhancement of College of Business academic for the Lumpkin Distinguished Professor- programs. the positon will be called. The salary for the The Capitol Development Board is currently which is the first of its kind in the history engaged in a fiscal year 1987 $230,000 planning d of Governors, will be provided solely grant for a new building to house the newly named interest earned from the donation. College of Business. Construction funds are an­ BOG approved Thursday's proposal to ticipated to be approved by the General Assembly the new position and to name Eastern's in fiscal year 1988 forabout $6.4 million. school the Lumpkin College of Business BOG Chancellor Thomas Layzell said he was A. Lilmpkin, the donor. hopeful that the Illinois legislature will consider dowed chair position will be filled by the legislation similar to that in Alabama and Florida, of Business and wiU not go into effect until in which the states matched contributions made to 88. A national search will be conducted for universities with endowed chairs. 'tion, said Daniel Thornburgh, director of Rives said of the donation, ''This will allow us to relations. accelerate the quality (of the College of Business) to nt Stanley Rives said, ''This will allow us a new level of excellence." tage in recruiting a person who will be a Leo Goodman-Malamuth, Governor State ember in some aspect with a distinguished University president, said, ''President Rives has ' business. It will allow us to recruit a really set an example for the presidents of other File photo 'th a national reputation." institutions." · , who is chairman and chief executive Nancy Froelich, BOG chair, believes the donation Eastern announced Thursday that R. A. Lumpkin, Consolidated Communications Inc. and is a historic mark in the history of Eastern and the above, will become the namesake for the university's nsolidated Telephone Company, said in a BOG. ''The Lumpkin chair will be the first such College of Business. Lumpkin also donated $1 statement, "A strong university is a major endowment in the BOG system. The entire board million to establish an endowed chair in the business in the future development of this area. (See EAsTERN, page 7 A) - school. r percent tuition hike-requested to offset inflation due to underfunding, especially the structor salaries. Instructors in the ficial recommendation is expected, most underfunded institution in the BOG schools are paid an average of 9 the report said. ITY PARK-A 4 percent state: Eastern,"Layzell said in a press percent lower than those in com­ In other business, the board voted to increase may be needed to conference after the board's meeting parative universities. exercise its option to buy the official tion, a Board of Governors at Governors State University. Layzell said the Illinois State residence of Eastern's president. The Thursday. A report on tuition levels presented SchOlarship Commission is expected $52,600 purchase, which W'luld pay Chancellor Thomas Layzell at the meeting states a 4 percent to increase awards to match a 4 off the mortgage, still requires ap­ tuition hike would offset inflation rate is expected for colleges percent increase. proval of the Illinois Board of Higher inflation and long-term and universities in 1986-87. The ''Illinois has always put their money Education. · g of BOG versities, Higher Education Price Index is where_ their mouth Layzell said. At its Sept. 3 meeting, the IBHE w;U' is," tern. usually higher than the CPI, Eastern He-added that Illh1ois has done well in recommended that.universities which_ nt increase is needed even President StanleyRives said. - funding higher education in the past lease presidential residences study e Consumer Price Index is "Higher education is extremely 25 years considering enrollment has whether tO use possible buyout op­ to rise only 2.1 percent, labor intensive," said Rives. "Our jumped from 290,000 a year to tions. Eastern and fellow BOG school "d. heaviest investment is in faculty 700,000. Chicago State University are the only in the CPI outstripped members." The board took no action on the universities with such buyout options, in tuition in the '70s and a Layzell said that the tuition in­ report. No action is expected until the (See FOUR, page 7 A) ount of catch-up is needed crease is needed in part to boost in- April 2 BOG meeting, when an of- Official says 87 students stricken by illness By CHRYSTAL PHILPOTT Oberlander said. Cityeditor In Coles County, Dan Stretch, director of en­ A local health official said Thursday 87 of the 101 viromental health of the Coles County Health students interviewed who dined at the Oak Brook Department, said five more stool samples were Hyatt Hotel Saturday reported suffering from turned in for ananlysis Thursday, and that in­ symptoms of a possible food-related illness. terviews are nearly finished. Although early estimates of the number of "I believe that we are about done with the in­ Eastern students who became ill after dining at the terviewing. We have three names left. We have hotel were low, the majority of those interviewed, interviewed 101 people," Stretch said. reported suffering some symptoms. Stretch said of_ the 101 people who attended the Several other- guests of the hotel also may � function, only 14 remained untouched by the suffering from a possible food-related ill,ness, a illness. DuPage County Health official said Thursday. Unfortunately, he said, no distinct connections, Elmer Oberlander, who is handling the in­ other than the fact that they all dined at the hotel, vestigation for the DuPage County Health have emerged between the guests. Department, said, "There have been some illnesses "Nothing that's really clear cut. There's nothing in other hotel guests. We're just now investigating that's come out as the one thing they've all eaten. that. It's a new development. That's all I can tell you "We're relying heavily upon lab tests," he said. fornow about that." "It all depends (how long results will take). If we Oberlander said the DuPage County Health hit it right away we could know within the week. If Department is still gathering information on the we don't get it right away, it could be a month," he case, and that it willbe about two weeks, when test said. results come back, before the department knows Stretch said investigators are currently focusing anything. on salmonella, E. coli, Bacillus cereus and shigella ''The DuPage County Health Department has as possible causes of the illnesses. reviewed the preparation and serving of the meal If the. tests prove the four are not the cause, then ' AMY ANDERSON I Staff photographer with the Hyatt staff and also has inspected the a new set of possibilities will be examined, he said. facilities. "We could also possibly be dealing with some sort g's court "Samples of similar foods to those served were of viral infection," he said. esentative Little Creme Ale for King's collected and will be analyzed by the state's The four chosen were picked because they are around campus Thursday handing out laboratory. Stool samples be collected from among the most common sources of f ood poisoning, a will for local bar. patients to help determine the cause of illness," he said. 2A Friday , February 20, 1987 Associated Press • Student loan defaulters beware; - State/Nation/World federal tax refunds to be seized Mayoral race enters final round SPRINGFIELD <AP>-Up to 28,000 Illinois are also told what state agency to con CHICAQO-Mayor Harold Washington and predecessor student loan defaulters who look in their clear up the problem, he said. Jane Byrne square off again at the polls in Tuesday's mailboxes for a federal tax return may instead About 30 percent of the money is re Democratic primary, possibly the decisive round in the find a notice saying the refund has· been seized, the state to pay forcollection efforts,he "endless brawl" of .Chicago politics since the death of officials said Thursday. The 28,000 were tracked down - - - - ·- ·· - · -- · · - - - · - - --- · - - · Richard J. Daley.· The Internal-Revenue Service and the Illinois commission and IRS using a .computer This primary is unique, even given the fact that the State Scho"1,rship Commission have combined that matched iong-time debtors with th victor can be expected to win the general election and on a program to seize income tax refunds from filed federal income tax returns in extend a half-century tradition of Democratic rule at City the defaulters, said Sue Moore, of the Matejka said.