Michael Aiken, chancellor from 1993 to 2001, will be honored Saturday with an honorary doctorate for his contributions. CHAMPAIGN — It's a long trip from a scenic and remote corner of northwest Wyoming to central Illinois, but it's one Michael Aiken knows well. The former UI chancellor, now 87 and living near Yellowstone National Park, has a daughter who still lives here, and he and his wife, Catherine Comet, make the trek to Champaign-Urbana a couple times a year. read more