Dr. Billington concerning his final selection. Dr. Billington is the 13th Librarian of Congress and was formerly Professor of History at Princeton University, Chairman of the Board that governs the Fulbright Program and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Dr. Prosser Gifford, director of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress, supervised the selection process for the Kluge Prize. He holds graduate degrees from three different universities in three different subject areas of the human sciences and was formerly Dean of Faculty at Amherst College and Deputy Director of the Wilson Center.                          PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
       The operative pleading is a verified second amended complaint filed in October,
2011. It is a shareholder’s derivative action against UPRI and defendants Russell and
Marci Colliau--not parties to this appeal--on behalf of Inspection Management Systems,
Inc. (IMS), a close corporation and named defendant. Higgs alleged he was a minority
(39%) shareholder, and Russell Colliau was the majority (61%) shareholder. The entities
collectively referred to herein as UPRI, and referred to in the complaint as the corporate
defendants, are owned by Russell Colliau, who, with his wife Marci Colliau, comprised
the officers of those entities.
      