Malaika Horne Resolution Passed by University of Missouri Board of Curators, 2003

Malaika Horne is director of the Executive Leadership Institute - College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Previously she served as a professor at Webster University - School of Communications and Journalism. Before that she was Managing Director of Narcotics Service Council and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine - Department of Psychiatry. She is also a journalist and academic writer.

Dr. Horne is Curator Emeritus of the University of Missouri System, serving as president in 1997. She has served in many other board capacities such as vice chair of ARCHS, co-chair of its Sustainable Neighborhoods. She currently serves as a member of the Scholarship Foundation board and chairs its board development committee. A longtime advocate of character education for children, she serves on the national advisory council of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Education in Human Values, a worldwide organization. She is recipient of the 2001 Women of Achievement Award.

Malaika Horne, Ph. D.
Director, Executive Leadership Institute
College of Business Administration, University of Missouri - St Louis

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Malaika B. Horne, Ph.D., served the people of Missouri with distinction as a member of the University of Missouri System Board of Curators from September 22, 1994, through January 7, 2003; and

WHEREAS, Curator Horne served as Vice President of the Board from January 1, 1996, through December 31, 1996, and as President of the Board from January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997; and

WHEREAS, during her tenure on the Board, she chaired the Executive Committee, as well as committees on Resources and Planning and Academic and Student Affairs, and served on the committees for Finance, Telecommunication Technology, Information and Technology, Health Sciences and both the 1997 and 2002 Presidential Succession Committees; and

WHEREAS, she was instrumental in establishing and naming the Lloyd L. Gaines-Marian O’Fallon Oldham Black Culture Center at UM-Columbia; and

WHEREAS, her term as president was characterized by a commitment to ensuring broad access to the University’s educational and other resources so as to best meet the state’s economic, social and cultural needs; and

WHEREAS, during her presidency, the University crafted its first Mission Enhancement request for additional state funding to help the University better fulfill its teaching, research and service missions; and

WHEREAS, as a member of the K-16 Task Force she helped generate policy proposals to improve education at all levels throughout Missouri; and

WHEREAS, Curator Horne was instrumental both in enhancing the Office of Secretary to the Board of Curators to properly reflect its broadened range of responsibilities in the 21st century and in hiring Kathleen M. Miller to serve as the Secretary to the Board; and

WHEREAS, Curator Horne’s tenure on the Board was characterized by a steady, measured approach to problem solving; a personal commitment to keeping public higher education affordable and accessible; and a deep and abiding love for her alma mater:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Curators, on behalf of the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the University of Missouri System, and on behalf of the citizens of the State of Missouri, does hereby adopt this resolution in sincere appreciation of the dedicated and devoted service of Malaika B. Horne, Ph.D.;

AND ALSO, that her future relations with the University of Missouri System be formally recognized by bestowing the title of “Curator Emeritus” upon Malaika B. Horne, Ph.D.; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary to the Board of Curators cause this resolution to be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and that a duly inscribed copy thereof be furnished to Malaika B. Horne, Ph.D.

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