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Quinn to name two to SIU board as early as Friday
Gov. Pat Quinn plans to appoint retired Illinois Adjutant General Randal Thomas and former SIU Edwardsville history professor Shirley Portwood to the SIU board. The move follows a Senate compromise after earlier nominees were rejected. Portwood, of Godfrey, taught at SIUE 1980 2010 and serves on the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Board. Thomas, from Springfield, led the state National Guard as 36th adjutant general and previously taught English and worked as a librarian and media director in Hillsboro.
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