Deitch Elected UM Board of Regents Chair

One of the first actions taken at the June 21, 2012 University of Michigan board of regents meeting was to elect new officers – an event that happens annually in accordance with the regental bylaws. In unanimous votes, vice chair Larry Deitch was elected chair of the eight-member board, replacing Denise Ilitch. Andrea Fischer Newman was elected vice chair. Both positions are effective July 1, 2012 and run through June 30, 2013.

Before the unanimous vote, Ilitch read a statement, highlighting her appreciation for UM president Mary Sue Coleman and each regent. She showed a short film that was produced by the student-run Filmic Productions, showing key campus events over the past year, including the January 2012 speech given on the Ann Arbor campus by U.S. president Barack Obama.

Ilitch also said she knew that tradition was important at UM, and she wanted to start a new one. She then presented a gavel to Deitch, telling him: “Do with it what you will.”

This brief was filed from the Michigan Union Ballroom on the Ann Arbor campus, where regents held their June meeting.