UI History Professor Recalls 1950’s Ouster of University President

Joseph White's announcement last week that he would resign as President of the University of Illinois is not the only time a president at the university was forced out of office. 56 years ago... the Board of Trustees pressured George Stoddard into stepping down as President after a 7-year tenure marked by controversy. AM 580's Jeff Bossert spoke with Professor Emeritus of History Winton Solberg on both the good and bad of Stoddard's tenure: