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Saxon describes himself as "somewhat reserved." He will need to cast off some of that academic cool, however, to deal with newly elected Governor Jerry Brown, who has proposed an almost Reagan-like budget for U.C. Brown says he wants no new building and has slashed the regents' construction requests from $114 million to $17 million —barely enough to finish projects already started. Saxon will not be terribly controversial. "Dave is a great guy," says one U.C. dean, "but he's not going to rattle the university establishment. He is the university establishment."