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The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full (i.e., voting) members:
  • The majority (18 Regents) are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms.
  • One Student Regent is appointed by the Board for a one-year term.
  • The remaining 7 Regents are ex officio members. They are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, Superintendent of Public Instruction, president and vice president of the Alumni Associations of UC, and the UC president.
The Board also has two faculty non-voting members. By custom, the incoming Student Regent serves as a non-voting Regent-designate from the date of appointment (usually in September) until beginning his or her formal term the following July 1.

As with other public university systems nationwide, the board of regents is treated as the real party in interest for all purposes under California law. All actions of the university are done in their name, all UC property is held in their name (and is marked by signs indicating "Property of the Regents of the University of California"), all bank accounts are held in their name (and all checks must be written to "UC Regents"), and all lawsuits involving the University always refer specifically to the regents. This is peculiar because most corporations (especially private ones) are treated by the law as a legal entity separate from their boards and employees, and lawsuits against them are addressed to the corporation or university itself, not its board of directors or trustees.

Regents

Current members

  • Appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson:
  • Gerald L. Parsky (appointed 1996; term expires March 1, 2008)
  • Peter Preuss (appointed 1996; term expires March 1, 2008)
  • Joanne Corday Kozberg (appointed 1998; term expires March 1, 2010)
  • Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis:
  • Judith L. Hopkinson (appointed 1999; term expires March 1, 2009)
  • John J. Moores (appointed 1999; term expires March 1, 2009)
  • Sherry L. Lansing (appointed 1999; term expires March 1, 2010)
  • Odessa P. Johnson (appointed 1999; reappointed 2000; term expires March 1, 2012)
  • George M. Marcus (appointed 2000; term expires March 1, 2012)
  • Monica Lozano (appointed 2001; term expires March 1, 2013)
  • Richard C. Blum (appointed 2002; term expires March 1, 2014)
  • Norman J. Pattiz (appointed 2001; reappointed 2003; term expires March 1, 2015)
  • Appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger:
  • Frederick Ruiz (appointed 2004; term expires March 1, 2016)
  • Paul Wachter (appointed 2004; term expires March 1, 2016)
  • Russell S. Gould (appointed 2005; term expires March 1, 2017)
  • Leslie Tang Schilling (appointed 2005; term expires March 1, 2013)
  • Eddie Island (appointed 2005; term expires March 1, 2017)
  • William De La Pena (appointed 2006; term expires March 1, 2018)
  • Bruce D. Varner (appointed 2006; term expires March 1, 2018)
  • Student Regent
  • Ben Allen (term expires June 30, 2008)
  • Ex-Officio Regents
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor)
  • John Garamendi (Lieutenant Governor)
  • Fabian Núñez (Assembly Speaker)
  • Jack O'Connell (Superintendent of Public Instruction)
  • Robert C. Dynes (UC President)
  • Eleanor Brewer (President, Alumni Associations of UC)
  • Philip Bugay (Vice-President, Alumni Associations of UC)

Notable past Regents

See also

Legal cases

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Campuses Berkeley Davis Hastings Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
Hospitals UC Davis Medical Center UC Irvine Medical Center UCLA Medical Center UCSD Medical Center UCSF Medical Center
Research Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory
W. M. Keck Observatory James Lick Observatory
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California State Assembly

Type Lower house

Speaker of the Assembly Fabián Núñez, D
since February 9, 2004
Speaker pro Tempore Sally J. Lieber, D
since October 24, 2006

Members 80
Political groups Democratic Party
Republican Party
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He was born in Watervliet, New York, one of eight children of Josiah and Elizabeth Phillips Stanford.
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She was born in Franklin County, Missouri. At the age of 19, she married George Hearst, who later became a U.S. Senator.
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Edwin Wendell Pauley Sr. (7 January 1903—July 28 1981) was an American oilman and political appointee.

Early life

Born in Indiana to Elbert L. Pauley and the former Ellen Van Petten, he attended Occidental College northeast of Los Angeles during 1919-20 before
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Dorothy Buffum Chandler (19 May1901 - 6 July 1997) was a Los Angeles cultural leader.

Personal History

Born Dorothy Mae Buffum in 1901 in La Fayette, Illinois, she moved to Long Beach, California in 1904 with her family.
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Born in Santa Barbara, California, he attended the public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898.
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William Matson Roth was a shipping executive, special ambassador for trade, member of the ACLU executive committee, and Regent for the University of California.

In 1966 he was targeted (along with Clark Kerr and Elinor Raas Heller) by a fellow Regent, Edwin Pauley, for his
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Elinor Raas Heller (October 3, 1904 - August 15, 1987) was a Regent of the University of California from 1961-1976. She served as Chair in 1975-1976, and Vice-Chair in 1968-1969 and 1971-1972. In 1973 she was appointed to serve on California's Postsecondary Education Commission.
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