EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., July 8 -- Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville issued the following news release:
Wilma Jene Bond, administrator, advisor and keeper of campus history for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville died on Tuesday, June 23. Her career spanned more than three decades during some of SIUE's most formative years. She was 86.
Bond joined SIUE in 1966 as executive assistant to President John S. Rendleman, JD, during a pivotal period in which the Edwardsville campus was establishing autonomy within the Southern Illinois University System. Over the course of her career, she worked with six University chancellors and presidents and helped plan and carry out major SIUE events, including commencements and the famous Mississi...