Brief Description: The Athletic Association Audit and Financial Correspondence File contains audits conducted by the University, external auditors, State of Illinois, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Big Ten; correspondence related to audits; investigation reports; budgets; ledgers; financial statements; and correspondence concerning Athletic Assocaiton financial affairs, leases, contracts, procedures, and personnel.  Subjects covered include football coach Robert Zuppke, Athletic Director George Huff, the 1967 slush fund scandal and the resignation of Atheletic Director Neale Stoner in 1989.

Record Series Number: 6/3/11

Created by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Division of Auditing

Volume: 5.0 cubic feet

Acquired: 05/09/2001

Arrangement: By type of record and chronologically thereunder

Biographical Note for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Division of Auditing :

The Office of University Audits audits the transactions and records of University officers and employees who are responsible for receipt or expenditure of money, keeping accounts, or maintaining custody of property. The office reviews accounting and business procedures, internal control systems, and new procedures. The Office audits or directs the auditing of all organizations required to submit financial reports to the University.¹

The Office's authority derived from that granted the Comptroller when that office was recommended in 1905 and adopted in 1908.² This function was recognized in 1913 by the promotion of the Bookkeeper to Auditor within the University general business offices.³ The Office was created under the Acting Comptroller in 1917, and called "Auditor's Office" until 1921.⁴ It became the "Auditing Division" in the Business Office in 1921 and remained so until 1926 when it became the "Auditing and Accounting Division".⁵ In 1933, the Accounting Division was separated, but the Auditor remained organizationally subordinate as Assistant to the Comptroller.⁶ In 1941, the Auditing Division was reconstituted and remained a distinct office within the Business Office until 1967-68.⁷ The Business Office was divided into campus and University-wide offices in 1968-69, and the auditing division became a part of the general University business offices.⁸ The head of the office was named "Director of Audits" in 1974-75.⁹ In 1980-81, the title again changed to Director of University Audits.¹⁰ It continued to report to the Comptroller through the general University business office until 1988-89.¹¹ It then began reporting as a separate office directly to the Comptroller.¹²

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 38th Report, March 10, 1936, p. 593.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 23rd Report, September 12, 1905, p. 259.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 27th Report, July 5, 1912, p. 74; July 23, 1913, p. 607.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, July 21, 1916-June 11, 1918, July 13, 1917, p. 467.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, printed in U of I Bulletin vol. 20 (5), December 11, 1922 at August 21, 1921, pp. 26-27; Board of TRustees Transaction, 34th Report, July 7, 1926, p. 26.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 37th Report, July 10, 1933, pp. 290-291.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, August 5, 1941, pp. 456-457.

8. Report of the Comptroller for the year ending June 30, 1969, p. 2.

9. Report of the Comptroller for the year ending June 30, 1975, p. 2.

10. Report of the Comptroller for the year ending June 30, 1981, p. 2.

11. Student/Staff Directory, 1987-88, p. 50; Student/Staff Directory, 1988-89, p. 49.

12. Student/Staff Directory, 1988-89, p. 49.

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