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120 Apply To Eastern For President's Post

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June
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1974
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One hunfdred and twenty applications from all over the United states have been received for the position of president of Eastern Michigan University, the EMU Board of Regente learned Wednesday. President Harold E. Sponberg has resigned from the job effective July 1 and Ralph F. Gilden, EMU's dean of admissions and financial aids, will be acting president until a replacement for Sponberg is appointed. The board decided Wednesday to pay Gilden at an annual rate of $40,000 while he holds the position. At Wednesday's meeting, the board's presidential selection committee was expanded to included all EMU regents. It was then decided that the committee would meet Wednesday evenings, beginning next week, to peruse "10 or 20" applications each time and select the most suitable applicants. It also was decided that at next Wednesday's meeting the committee would discuss setting a deadline for receiving applications for the position of president. f f f f fi_J Other EMU regents news appears on Page 51 The Board of Regents' meeting was the last President Sponberg will attend as president. In his final remarks to the board he wished Dean Gilden well in his job as acting president, adding: . "I trust he will have as enjoyable experience as Fve had in working for the Board of Regents for the last nine years. On an individual talent basis it matches any board in the state." Board chairman Edward J. McCormick responded that the board had enjoyed working with President Sponberg "as a gentleman, administrator and a man with real enthusiasm for EMU. We hate to see him go." Wednesday's meeting was also the last for Lewis E. Profit in his capacity as treasurer for the board and vice president for business and finance at EMU. His resignation will also be effective July 1. In Profit's parting comments he made comparisons between EMU as it is today and as it was at the Board of Regents' inception in 1964. These included an almost three-fold increase in students enrolled; a decrease from $2.65 to $2.25 in state money given for every $1 received in tuition fees; and an increase from zero to more than $700, 000 in the university's endowment fund. Until a permanent replacement for Profit is found, EUM's director of fiscal analysis, Gerald E. Fulford, and controller, Richard W. Hall, will carry out Profit's work, the board decided Wednesday. Fulford, who has been acting as assistant treasurer to the board for the last two years, was named acting treasurer and will handle the university's investments. Hall will concéntrate on budgetary issues, it was decided.