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Former University of Missouri interim president dies

The interim president of the University of Missouri system in 2007 and 2008 died Monday. Gordon Lamb was 77.  

Lamb also served as the president of Northeast Illinois University in Chicago and the interim chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.

Current interim president Steve Owens released a statement Thursday night, announcing Lamb's death.

Gov. Pat Quinn says he plans to make the elimination of state-university scholarships that legislators now give away a high priority in the legislative session that start late this month.

Quinn in August used his amendatory veto power to compel lawmakers to make a decision about the legislative perk.

During an event at the University of Illinois on Friday, Quinn said legislative leaders from both parties should push their members to end the scholarships.

The scholarships have long been a source of ethical and sometimes legal concern.