Opinion ID: 1441686
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Text: (61) 1signifies the beginning of the six-year terms of nonstudent regents and two-year terms for student regents under a formal staggering plan. (62) ? after a namesignifies the only two appointments that appeared in our informal list but which we were unable to corroborate with documents from the State Archives or the Secretary of State's office. (63) The first two columns of names are the six-year cycles that originally began with shortened two year terms, the next two columns of names are the cycles that began with shortened four year terms, and the final column of names are appointees in the cycles that began with a full six year term. (64) The effective beginning date and official termination date, obtained from the executive records, is listed for each appointment. These dates, of course, sometimes differ from the actual terms served by the regents. Moreover, the documents that proclaimed the appointments were sometimes dated before or after the date the appointments officially commenced. (65) It seems from our informal list that Gilbert L. Cano's appointment terminated prematurely in 1989. It also appears that this vacancy was temporarily filled by Lenton Malry whose full six-year term also expired in 1989. We speculate, though we have found no documentation of this appointment, that Malry was appointed to complete the remainder of Cano's term under Article XX, Section 5. Our analysis in this case is not affected by the actual circumstances that lead to Malry serving two years longer and Cano serving two years shorter than specified in their letters of appointment. Under any analysis of this particular situation, the formal staggering scheme was preserved.