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Memorial University Board of Regents 1999 - 2000
 | Board of Regents Chair Edward Roberts
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The Memorial University Act empowers the Board of Regents “to do and perform all other matters and things which may seem appropriate and useful for the well ordering and advancement of the university.”
Section 34 (1) of the Act states that “the management, administration and control of the property, revenue, business and affairs of the university are vested in the board.”
However, section 56 of the Act states “The Senate shall have general charge of all matters of an academic character.”
The board consists of the chancellor; the president, who is the vice-chancellor; and the vice-president (academic), who is the pro vice-chancellor (these three members are ex-officio); six members elected by the alumni association, 17 members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council (government), and two members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council who are full-time students. (One of these student positions is currently vacant.) The chairperson of the board shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and the board will elect one of its members as vice-chairperson. Membership on the board is voluntary.
The board has the following powers:
- To maintain property the board considers necessary for the use of the university and to erect and maintain those buildings and structures the board considers necessary, and to spend the money needed to maintain, build and furnish these buildings;
- To appoint the president, vice-presidents, deans of all faculties, the librarian, the registrar, the bursar, the professors, the associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, instructors, demonstrators and other teachers in the university and all officers and employees that the board considers necessary for the purposes of the university and to fix their salaries, define their duties and their tenure of office or employment. All teaching appointments, promotions and dismissals must be approved by the president of the university.
- To fix, determine and collect all fees and charges to be paid to the university;
- To exercise disciplinary jurisdiction over the students of the university with the power to suspend, expel or fine;
- To determine the number of students the university can accommodate and to make regulations for limiting those numbers and setting the academic requirements of those seeking admission;
- To provide for representation of a faculty or school on the Senate and to fix the number of representatives
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| Officers of the Board |
Edward Roberts, QC, Chair
Aubrey Bonnell, QC, Vice-Chair
Eleanor Bennett, secretary
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| Members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council: |
Gail Aylward, St. John’s
Sharon Duggan, Mount Pearl
Peter Fenwick, Cape St. George
Jeannie French, St. John’s (until May 31,1999)
Dr. Georgina Hedges, Grand Falls-Windsor
Chris Decker, Roddickton
Ed Kelly, Goose Bay
Nancy Kelly, Corner Brook
Dr. Brendan Lewis, Corner Brook
Frankie O’Neill, St. John’s
Brendan Paddick, St. John’s
Joan Pinsent, Stephenville
David Power, Bay Roberts
Alexander Roche, St. John’s (until Oct. 15, 1999)
Harvey Short, Paradise
Lorelei Stanley, St. John’s
Mel Woodward, Goose Bay (until May 31, 1999)
Susan Wood, Grand Bank
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Members elected by the
MUN Alumni Association: |
Alick Andrews, Ottawa
Hayward Blake, Harbour Grace
Lisa Browne, Clarenville
Calvin Butt, Bay Roberts
William Dilny, St. John’s (until Aug. 31, 1999)
Fred Durant, St. John’s
Larry Peckford, Stephenville
Stephen Power, Toronto (until Aug. 31, 1999)
Robert Stack, St. John’s (until Aug. 31, 1999)
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| Students appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council: |
Peter Barnes, St. John’s
Cyril Bonia, St. John’s (until Aug. 1999)
Robert Brown, St. John’s
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| Ex-officio: |
Hon. Dr. John C. Crosbie, OC, PC, QC, Chancellor
Dr. Arthur May, OC, President and vice-chancellor (until Aug. 31, 1999)
Dr. Axel Meisen, President and vice-chancellor (from Sept. 1, 1999)
Dr. Evan Simpson, Vice-president (academic) and pro vice-chancellor
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