Committee on Organization of University Boards Report, ca. 1888 | University of Illinois Archives

The 1867 act which established the Board of Trustees provided that the Board could appoint an Executive Committee to exercise powers conferred on the Board when that body was not in session.¹ On May 9, 1867, the Board created an Executive Committee of nine, composed of eight members and the regent, with full powers of the Board, save the power to revise or change acts of the Board or any Board committee entrusted with special business. The Regent was chairman of the Executive Committee.²

The standing committees of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the President of the Board at the annual meeting. The President serves as an ex-officio member of all standing committees. Committees are required to submit all reports in writing to the Board.³