STACY ENGLAND DOLBY, Jr.
Stacy E DOLBY Jr., who retired from Northern Illinois University in April, 1989, after 26 years of service, will return to NIU on August 1, 1990 as interim ombudsman.
Anne Kaplan, executive assistant to NIU President John La Tourette, says that Dolby was asked to temporarily succeed Bertrand Simpson, Northern's ombudsman since July 1987. A national search for a new permanent ombudsman will begin later this summer, Kaplan said.
Simpson, who holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this fall will be teaching business law classes as a management faculty member in NIU's College of Business. Simpson also will help Dolby break into his ombudsman role before fall semester classes start Aug 27th.
"Dolby's agreement to serve as interim ombudsman will provide continuity of services because he knows the campus, he's familiar with students and student groups and he's long been a well-respected member of the campus community," Kaplan observed. "Among other roles, he's been an adviser to the NIU Black Choir and to Alpha Phi Alpha, a predominantly black fraternity."
Kaplan added that whoever succeeds Simpson on a permanent basis will have a tough act to follow, since Simpson's evaluations as ombudsman were so high "they were off the charts." Describing himself as a mediator to resolve conflicts, Simpson has noted the ombudsman's primary role is " to ensure that justice is done - and justice is done by making sure procedures work."
Dolby has held a range of jobs from marine electrician, cannery laborer and "sea-going cowboy" to stints as a campus minister and work camp director. When he retired, he was assistant director of student housing at Northern. He has a B.A. degree from Chapman College in Ontario CA, an M.A. in religious education and a master's of divinity in pastoral counseling, both from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Ca. He also earned an M.S. in industry and technology and an Ed.D. in adult continuing education, both of those degrees from Northern.
Simpson holds a B.A. Degree in psychology from Marquette University in Milwaukee and a J.D. degree from UW - Madison. Before coming to Northern, he coordinated minority and disadvantaged student programs at UW-Milwaukee, where he also taught courses in the department of Afro-American Studies. Previously, he was minority affairs director for a statewide UW student government group, a law clerk for the Legal Assistance Foundation, an assistant manager of the UW-Madison law bookstore and a recruiter and counsler for black students at the College of Letters and Science at UW-Milwaukee.
J Carroll Moody, executive secretary of NIU's University Council, said that under existing university policies, a 10-member search committee will be formed to recommend final candidates to President LaTourette. Members will include there undergraduates, two graduate students, two faculty members (one to be elected chair), plus representatives of NIU's supportive professional and operating staff councils. The university administration also will appoint an ex officio member as secretary to the search committee.
From: The MidWeek, Dekalb IL August 8 1990
"Stacy E Dolby Jr is a descendant of Abraham & Lydia Lee (Brown) Dolby, Pioneer settlers of Webster County MO. Stacy is the son of Stacy England & Vola Mae (Hilsabeck) Dolby, Sr."
