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TIAA-CREF INSTITUTIONAL MUTUAL FUNDS

SUPPLEMENT NO. 4

to the February 1, 2006 Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1

to the March 31, 2006 Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

dated August 21, 2006

Changes to the Board of Trustees

Effective July 18, 2006, Dr. Carleton and Mr. Longstreth retired from the Board of Trustees of TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds (the “Fund”). Therefore, they should each be removed from the list of trustees in the Fund’s SAIs. Also effective July 18, 2006, Dr. Laura T. Starks was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The following information should be added to the list of trustees in the Fund’s SAIs.

              Number of     
              Portfolios     
              in Fund    Other 
    Position(s)    Term of Office      Complex    Directorships 
    Held with    and Length of    Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen    Held by 
Name, Address and Age    Fund    Time Served    During Past 5 Years   by Trustee    Trustee 

Laura T. Starks    Trustee    Indefinite term.    Chairman, Department of Finance, the   66    None 
c/o Corporate Secretary        Trustee since 2006.    Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents        
730 Third Avenue            Chair in Finance (2002–present), and        
New York, NY 10017-3206            Director, AIM Investment Center, McCombs        
Age: 56            School of Business, University of Texas at        
            Austin (2000–present); Professor, University        
            of Texas at Austin (1987–present); Fellow,        
            Financial Management Association        
            (2002–present). Associate Dean for        
            Research (2001–2002), Associate        
            Director for Research, the Center for        
            International Business Education and        
            Research, University of Texas at Austin        
            (2000–2003), Director of the Bureau of        
            Business Research, University of Texas at        
            Austin (2001–2002).        

Dr. Starks will serve as a member of the following Board committees: the Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee and the Operations Committee.

The following should be added to the table disclosing the trustees’ equity ownership in the Fund and the TIAA-CREF Fund Complex:

  Dollar Range of Equity  Aggregate Dollar Range of 
  Securities in Fund  Equity Securities 
Name of Trustee  (as of May 31, 2006)  (as of May 31, 2006) 

 
Laura T. Starks   $0  Over $100,000 






Changes to the Committees of the Board of Trustees

The Audit Committee has been renamed the “Audit and Compliance Committee” and the Finance Committee has been renamed the “Investment Committee.” Additionally, a new committee, the Operations Committee, has been formed to, among other things, oversee contracts with third-party service providers and certain legal, compliance, finance, sales and marketing matters. The current members of the Operations Committee are Prof. Jackson (chair), Dr. Flood, Dr. Jacob and Dr. Starks.

New Chief Financial Officer

Effective July 18, 2006, the Fund’s Board of Trustees appointed Georganne C. Proctor as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund. She replaces Russell Noles, who had held the position of Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Fund. Consequently, Mr. Noles should be removed from the list of officers in the Fund’s SAIs and the following information concerning Ms. Proctor should be added to this list.

    Position(s)    Term of Office     
    Held with    and Length    Principal Occupation(s) 
Name, Address and Age    Fund    of Time Served    During Past 5 Years 

Georganne C. Proctor    Executive Vice President and    Indefinite term. Executive Vice President    Executive Vice President and Chief 
TIAA-CREF    Chief Financial Officer    and Chief Financial Officer since 2006.    Financial Officer of TIAA and the 
730 Third Avenue            TIAA-CREF Fund Complex since 2006. 
New York, NY 10017-3206            Manager and Executive Vice President 
Age: 49            of TIAA-CREF Investment Management, 
            LLC, Director and Executive Vice Presi- 
            dent of Teachers Personal Investors Ser- 
            vices, Inc. and Teachers Advisors, Inc. 
            Formerly, Executive Vice President, 
            Finance, Golden West Financial Corp- 
            oration (2002–2006) and Senior Vice 
            President, Chief Financial Officer and 
            Director, Bechtel Group, Inc. 
            (1999–2002). 

 

 


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