Regents of the University of California

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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 Board also has two non-voting faculty 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.

The vast majority of the Regents appointed by the Governor historically have consisted of lawyers, politicians and businessmen.[1] Over the past two decades, it has been common that UC Regents appointees have donated relatively large sums of money either directly to the Governor's election campaigns or indirectly to party election groups.[2][3]

As with almost all other public university systems nationwide, the board of regents is treated as the real party in interest for all purposes under California law.[4][5] All actions of the university are done in their name, all degrees are conferred 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 as payable to "UC Regents"), and all lawsuits involving the University always refer specifically to the regents. This is notable 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.

Administrative support is provided to the Regents by the Office of the Secretary of the Regents of the University of California, which shares an office building with the UC Office of the President in Oakland.

Contents

Regents

Current members

  • Appointed by Gov. Davis:
    • Sherry L. Lansing (Chairman) (appointed 1999; reappointed 2010; term expires March 1, 2022)[6]
    • 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. 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 (Vice Chair) (appointed 2006; term expires March 1, 2018)[7]
    • Bonnie Reiss (appointed 2008; term expires March 1, 2020)
    • Hadi Makarechian (appointed 2008; term expires March 1, 2020)
    • Charlene Zettel (appointed 2009; term expires March 1, 2021)
    • George Kieffer (appointed 2009; term expires March 1, 2021)
  • Student Regent
    • Jonathan Stein (term expires June 30, 2013)[8]

Notable past Regents

Honorary Regents

In its early years, UC had thirteen Honorary Regents, with ten appointed in 1868.[11] Some were appointed following service as Regent while Governor.

  • Frederick Low (1868), 9th Governor of California from 1863 to 1867; considered the "father of the University of California"[12]
  • Andrew J. Moulder (1868), State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1862–1863; a founder of Minns’ Evening Normal School in San Francisco in 1857 and of the first California State Normal School in San Jose, approved by the Legislature in 1862[13]
  • Edward Tompkins (1868–1872)
  • S.F. Butterworth (1868–1873)
  • Joseph M. Moss (1868–1874)
  • William Chapman Ralston (1868–1875), founder of the Bank of California
  • John B. Felton (1868–1877)
  • Isaac Friedlander (1868–1869)
  • Augustus J. Bowie (1868–1880)
  • John S. Hager (1868–1890), California State Senator and district judge; United States Senator from California (1873–1875)
  • Louis Sachs (1869–1875)
  • Henry H. Haight (1872), 10th Governor of California; signed the Charter of the University of California on March 23, 1868
  • Andrew Smith Hallidie (1873), "regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system"; President of the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute 1868–1877 and 1893–1895

See also

Legal cases

References

  1. ^ Brian Pusser and Imanol Ordorika (2001) Bringing political theory to university governance, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
  2. ^ http://occupyucdavis.org/documents/regents-fact-sheet/
  3. ^ 2008 Meet the Regents article
  4. ^ California Code of Civil Procedure Section 367 requires that all civil actions must be prosecuted in the name of the "real party in interest, except as otherwise provided by statute."
  5. ^ One of the few exceptions to this rule is in Kentucky, where actions against public universities can be brought in the institution's own name (but can also be brought against the board). See, e.g., Mitchell v. University of Kentucky et al., 2010-SC-000762-TG, Supreme Court of Kentucky, April 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "Regent Sherry L. Lansing". 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-04-11. 
  7. ^ "Regent Bruce D. Varner". 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-04-11. 
  8. ^ "Regent Jonathan Stein". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved December 12, 2012. 
  9. ^ "Regent Ronald W. Stovitz". Biographies. Regents of the University of California. July 1, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009. [dead link]
  10. ^ "Regent Yolanda Nunn Gorman". Biographies. Regents of the university of California. August 25, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009. [dead link]
  11. ^ a b "The Regents of the University of California Through the Years". Days of Cal. The Bancroft Library. 1997 (last updated 2004). Retrieved September 5, 2009. 
  12. ^ Schaechtele, Molly Shoemaker. "Frederick Low". The Governors of California and their Portraits (excerpt). California State Capitol Museum Volunteer Association. Retrieved September 6, 2009. 
  13. ^ "California State Normal School History, 1862-1889". Historical Sketch of the State Normal School at San Jose, California,. State Printing Office. 1889 [transcribed by Pamela Storm and Ron Filion]. Retrieved 2012-01-24. 

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