My personal opinion:  "Director" from legislation does apply to a member of
the Board of Trustees.

Chuck

At 01:27 PM 9/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>RESADMers, a colleague at another institution asked me the following
>question.  I don't know the answer, does anyone?
>
>Under the "Debarment and Suspension" compliance requirement, does a member
>of an institution's Board of Trustees meet the definition of "principal"?
>
>Here's what he knows so far:
>Definition of Principal (from NIH and NSF legislation incorporating the
>requirement):  Principal. Officer, director, owner, partner, key employee,
>or other person within a participant with primary management or supervisory
>responsibilities; or a person who has a critical influence on or
>substantive control over a covered transaction, whether or not employed by
>the participant. Persons who have a critical influence on or substantive
>control over a covered transaction are:
>     (a) Principal investigators.
>     (b) Researchers.
>
>Please answer to the list or to me, your choice.  I'll pass the responses on.
>
>Regards, Bill
>
>Bill Campbell
>Director, Grants & Research
>University of Wisconsin-River Falls
>715/425-3195
>xxxxxx@uwrf.edu
>
>
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