Maynard and Taylor re-elected to board

Maynard won 25.4 percent of the vote statewide and Taylor won 23.3 percent. Republican challengers Patrick Anderson and Carl Meyers (each with 22 percent), as well as six other candidates, were defeated.

Maynard, a Democrat from Goodrich who was elected to the board in 1996, is president of The Michigan Prospect in Flint and Okemos. She sits on the boards of the C.S. Mott Foundation and Planned Parenthood of Michigan. She chairs the Compensation and Personnel Committee of the University board.

Maynard

"I'm very honored. It was a very rewarding victory for me, and I'm really looking forward to the next eight years," Maynard says.

"I look forward to addressing the whole question of undergraduate education and the atmosphere for students. That includes the residence halls, but also making diversity work for students.

"I also want to make sure that we remain cutting-edge in terms of research. The tech transfer movement is an exciting one, as are the possibilities for the Life Sciences Institute. And the University of Michigan—along with all public institutions of higher education—need to do some advocacy work in Lansing to ensure adequate funding for higher education."

Taylor, a Democrat from Grosse Pointe Farms who also was elected to the board in 1996, is an executive vice president of DTE Energy.

Taylor

"I'm very honored. I feel privileged that the voters saw fit to send me back for another eight years," Taylor says.

He anticipates that the board will continue to address budget issues, as well as topics involving residential life and the life sciences.

"This term, certainly initially, will be dominated by budget concerns," he says. "We have to somehow deal with the declining state budget appropriation, and we have to deal with it aggressively.

"Beyond that, we will focus on getting the residence halls renovated and the new residence hall built, and we will make sure we keep the life sciences initiatives on track."

More Stories

• Journey toward home begins for Ford School
• Hiring of female professors doubles in science and engineering
• American culinary history center comes to Clements Library
• Native American Heritage Month connects community
• B. Joseph White to lead U of I
• U-M embarks on series of human rights initiatives
• Quality child care worth the price, faculty say
• Eklund named dean of students through June 2006
• Spotlight: Keeping track
• Maynard and Taylor re-elected to board
• Dental school employees, students chip in to help staff member
• Student's winning invention enables 'animal on a chip'
• Treatment often absent for children of moms with mental illness
• Proposed Regents' Bylaws changes
• Researcher chosen for program to help young cancer physicians
• Children benefit from same-sex marriage, writer says
• U-M/Detroit schools partnership wins national honor
• First human trial of bioartificial kidney shows promise
• Everyday evolution: Scientists offer examples to biology teachers
• Jan. 24 symposium to address potential of flu pandemic
• How cozy should universities and industry get?
• Don't Miss: Scalia at Rackham Nov. 16
• Photo: Decisions, decisions ...