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Robert J. Jones Named New Chancellor For U Of I Urbana Campus
University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen has named Robert J. Jones to be the new chancellor for the University's Urbana campus, and vice-president of the three-campus U of I system. He will become the first African-American to hold the post of chancellor in Urbana.