Tuskegee University presidential search 2 months remain. Last min. hire?

[Shelt from Skegee]

Maybe in the near future Tuskegee University will re-visit its charter and discuss the impact of breaking its ties fully with the state of Alabama and replace the members on the board of trustees who are state related.

As far as I can tell there is only one state related Board Member as a result of the relationship with the State of Alabama and that is the State Superintendant of Education.

[NovaSkegee]

As far as I can tell there is only one state related Board Member as a result of the relationship with the State of Alabama and that is the State Superintendant of Education.

Is this the list you're reviewing?

http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/story.asp?S=1084865

As we know this who will select the next president.

Presidential Search Committee (PSC) has been appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Committee consists of nine Trustees plus Representatives drawn from Other Community elements of the University. The Trustee Members, the year in which they were elected to the Board, and their Alumni Status (*) are:

 
Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer Chair of the Board and of the Search Committee
University of Washington, BA, 1950; University of Washington, MA, 1951; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1957

Dr. Bernard E. Anderson First Vice Chair
B.A., Economics, Livingstone College, Highest Honors; M.A., Economics, Michigan State University; Ph.D., Business and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania


Mr. Stephen E. Canter Second Vice Chair
AB from Cornell University and MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business


Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.
Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.  Tuskegee '64

Mr. Raamel C. Mitchell Tuskegee

Dr. Willene A. Johnson
B.A. in Social Studies with honors from Radcliffe College, an M.A. in African History from St. John's University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.


Mr. Howard G. Paster
George Washington University

Ms. Sheron J. Rose Tuskegee '83

Mr. Felker Ward Tuskegee '53

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Mr. Kwesi Daniels, Chair, Faculty Senate Tuskegee

Ms. Darlene Adams, Chair, Staff Senate

Mr. Eric Harris, President, Student Government Association 2008-09

 Ms. Dunnie Onasanya, President-Elect, SGA 2009-10

Dr. Loretta Burns, Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty at  Large

Dr. Gregory Pritchett, Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry,  Faculty at Large

Ms. Kimberly Woodard, President, TU National Alumni Association

[Shelt from Skegee]

No I was looking at the complete BOT list.  Not the Presidential Search Committee list.

There is as far as I can tell only one person on our board who is there because of our relationship with the State of Alabama.  That is the State Superintendant of Education.

[NovaSkegee]

No I was looking at the complete BOT list.  Not the Presidential Search Committee list.

There is as far as I can tell only one person on our board who is there because of our relationship with the State of Alabama.  That is the State Superintendant of Education.

Tuskegee University Board of Trustees


Dr. Robert Harris
Principal
Springville High School
Springville, AL
http://www.shstigers.com
Masters University of Alabama
PhD. Nova Southeastern University
Governor Bob Riley appointed Dr. Robert Harris of Springfield to the Tuskegee Board of Trustees in 2006.

Andrew P. Hornsby

Retired Deputy Finance Director
State of Alabama
Montgomery, AL
Auburn University '68
http://www.aualum.org/about/board.html
A Macon County, Ala., native, Hornsby’s career has taken him from the USDA in Montgomery and Atlanta, to serving as the head of the national Food Stamp Program under President George H.W. Bush. Hornsby was also appointed to lead the Alabama Dept. of Human Resources under Alabama Governors Guy Hunt and Jim Folsom, Jr.



Charles Price

Judge
15th Judicial Circuit Court
Montgomery, AL
Virginia Union University and George Washington University Law School.
He became the first black Montgomery County Circuit Court judge in 1983, appointed to the bench by the late Gov. George C. Wallace. Governor Bob Riley appointed Dr. Charles Price of Montgomery to the Tuskegee Board of Trustees in 2006.


Joseph B. Morton

(Ex Officio) State Superintendent of Education          
State of Alabama
Montgomery, AL
B.S. degree from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Alabama


Myla Calhoun Choy

General Counsel and Senior Vice President
Regional Development and Public Policy
Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham, AL
June 2009, Governor Bob Riley appointed her to serve on the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee University. Choy is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Alabama Law School and is admitted to practice law in Alabama and Georgia.
Senior staff:
http://www.birminghambusinessalliance.com/bba/alliance/about.aspx

Cade Armstrong

Veterinarian
Montgomery Veterinary Associates
Montgomery, AL
B.A. University of Georgia
DVM Tuskegee University
Governor Bob Riley appointed Dr. Cade Armstrong of Montgomery to the Tuskegee Board of Trustees in 2006.
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Andrew F. Brimmer (Chairman)

President
Brimmer and Company, Inc.
Washington, DC
In 1965, Dr. Brimmer joined the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees.  After the retirement of University President Luther Foster, Dr. Brimmer chaired the search committee that eventually recruited and hired Dr. Benjamin F. Payton to be the fifth President of Tuskegee University. In 1982, Dr. Brimmer became Chairman of the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees and has remained so since then.
Dr. Brimmer holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Washington and earned a Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University in 1957.  

Bernard E. Anderson (First Vice Chairman)

Professor
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Bernard E. Anderson
Assistant Secretary for the Employment Standards Administration
United States Department of Labor
B.A., Economics, Livingstone College, M.A., Economics, Michigan State University and Ph.D., Business and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Was strongly encouraged in his studies by Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer

Charles E. Williams (Second Vice Chairman)
President and CEO
Williams Innovative Strategies, LLC
Sterling, VA
Either
Charles E. Williams, the chief operating officer of the Dulles Greenway and a former general in the Army Corps of Engineers

or

Not sure if this is the same Charles E. Williams, AIA
http://www.cwilliams-arch.com/charlesewilliams.html
B.A. in Architecture,Tuskegee University, 1973
M.A. in Architecture, Tuskegee University, 1976


Solomon L. Banks
(Retired) Dir., Neighborhood Revitalization Division
Los Angeles Housing Department
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Tuskegee University  '64

Randolph Baxter

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Northern District of Ohio
Cleveland, OH
Tuskegee University '67
J.D. University of Akron

Stephen E. Canter

Managing Director
Zephyr Management L.P.
New York, NY
Mr. Canter earned an AB from Cornell University and MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Norma B. Clayton

Vice President for Learning, Training and Development
The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
Norma holds a bachelor's degree in industrial administration from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business management from Webster University.

Joseph G. Grasso

Partner
Thacher Proffitt & Wood
New York, NY
He received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1986 and his BA, cum laude, from Yale University in 1983. In addition to being active in Alumni Affairs at Yale, Joe has served on the board of trustees of Tuskegee University since 1995.


Willene A. Johnson

President
Komaza, Inc.
McKenney, VA
Johnson received a B.A. in Social Studies with honors from Radcliffe College, an M.A. in African History from St. John's University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. In 1999 President Clinton nominated Willene A. Johnson as U.S. Executive Director of the African Development Bank. From January 2000 through September 2001, Dr. Johnson was the United States Executive Director at the African Development Bank (AfDB), overseeing policies, programs, and projects aimed at improving the economic and social well being in African countries.


Raamel C. Mitchell
Sr. Business Productivity Advisor
Microsoft Corporation
Dallas, TX
B.S. , Electrical Engineering Tuskegee University '03
Georgetown University The McDonough School of Business

Howard G. Paster

Executive Vice President
WPP Group p.l.c.
Washington, DC
Served as Assistant to President Clinton and Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Mr. Howard G. Paster, Tuskegee University Chair of the Development Committee


Mark M. Spradley

Executive Vice President
Mazao Capital, LLC
Chevy Chase, MD
B.S., Howard University; MBA, TRIUM (an alliance of New York University Stern School of Business, London School of Economics, HEC School of Management, Paris)

Felker W. Ward
Chairman
Pinnacle Investment Advisors
Atlanta, GA
Felker W. Ward, Jr., Managing Member of Pinnacle Investment Advisors, LLC, an investment advisory services firm, since 1994. Mr. Ward is an attorney.
Tuskegee University '53


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http://diverseeducation.com/article/6806/

Noted economist Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer, the chair of Tuskegee's board of trustees, says that prior to the 1970s the institute had been largely well-served by its past presidents, all of whom except Washington had risen up from the school’s administrative ranks. By the late 1970s, Brimmer, who had joined the Tuskegee board in 1966, believed it was time to bring an outsider into the presidency. Charged to lead the search for a successor to then-president Luther Foster in 1981, Brimmer wanted an individual with broad national experience capable of leading the institute to university status, he says.


“It was time to break the mold of internal succession. Tuskegee needed to be less insular … I felt it needed a leader that would give the school that extra push,” says Brimmer.

Brimmer urged Payton, who was a Ford Foundation program officer at the time, to seek the presidency. Payton, a native of South Carolina and a graduate of historically Black South Carolina State University, had previously served as president of Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. After Payton’s hiring, Brimmer recalls that not all of the changes sought by the new president found favor among those in the Tuskegee community. The decision in the 1980s to close the John Andrew Memorial Hospital, a campus-based hospital that had long served local Blacks and had provided training for Black health professionals, proved unpopular among Tuskegee alumni and Macon County residents, according to Brimmer.  

[NovaSkegee]

That's 6 people on the board of trustees.

[NovaSkegee]

Take a look at Tuskegee University's Board of Trustees. It is the most unusual make up of a college board public or private were such a huge number of people have not a single degree from the university.

Hampton University and Howard University are not like this and as we know most all of the public HBCUs are not like this

[TU Madman]

Take a look at Tuskegee University's Board of Trustees. It is the most unusual make up of a college board public or private were such a huge number of people have not a single degree from the university.

Hampton University and Howard University are not like this and as we know most all of the public HBCUs are not like this

Having non alumni is traditional of HBCU. Including Howard and Hampton. We have more alumni now that ever before. I have seen several board made of mostly alunmi and I don't believe it is best for us.

[NovaSkegee]

Having non alumni is traditional of HBCU. Including Howard and Hampton. We have more alumni now that ever before. I have seen several board made of mostly alunmi and I don't believe it is best for us.

I take it you've never seen the make up of their board of trustees? This is not the case. They have some non-alumni. The bulk are alumni and all the main positions are held by alumni. How about I show use since you've made a statement without looking it up?

Also, Tuskegee has a lot of members appointed by the governor....6 members. See above.

[TU Madman]

Nova,

 I've said I personally would support Tuskegee changing its charter again, this time removing the "state related" status and becoming fully independent. Seeing the state only funds 6% of the operation budget. This way we can make room for people on the Board of Trustees and remove the state related people.

That would be naive.

[TU Madman]

Having non alumni is traditional of HBCU. Including Howard and Hampton. We have more alumni now that ever before. I have seen several board made of mostly alunmi and I don't believe it is best for us.

I take it you've never seen the make up of their board of trustees? This is not the case. They have some non-alumni. The bulk are alumni and all the main positions are held by alumni. How about I show use since you've made a statement without looking it up?

Also, Tuskegee has a lot of members appointed by the governor....6 members. See above.

I figure since I used the word traditional that you would miss it and go off the deep end. If you look up the history of those schools they have a very similar evolution of their board.

I have know problem with having alumni on the board as long as they are the right people. Tuskege should not makre the same mistakes the these other schools are make by having their alumni stock these boards.

[NovaSkegee]

I figure since I used the word traditional that you would miss it and go off the deep end. If you look up the history of those schools they have a very similar evolution of their board.

I have know problem with having alumni on the board as long as they are the right people. Tuskege should not makre the same mistakes the these other schools are make by having their alumni stock these boards.

Yes, tradition. But, HBCUs haven't been doing that for a good long time now other than Tuskegee University. And predominantly white universities public and private don't do that all. Tuskegee University should stop too.

There are a lot of qualified Tuskegee alumni who could fill these spots and the amount of people appointed by the state is sick. All these people don't seem to have Tuskegee's growth, in all ways, in their best interests. All these University of Alabama and Auburn grads....would they rather students study engineering,veterinary medicine and architecture at Tuskegee or their alma mater? Other programs too.

If Tuskegee had more alumni on its board Tuskegee wouldn't have been dealing with the enrollment decline and academic accreditation stituation some programs have had to deal with in the recent years.

I don't think having qualified alumni is a mistake. Hampton and Howard sure don't see it this way nor do predominantly white universities public and private. I don't think that North Carolina A&T and Florida A&M as state schools see it this way either.  FAMU did very well under Frederick S. Humphries and is doing very well now under James H. Ammons. I think that North Carolina A&T will do well under Harold L. Martin, Sr.

Tuskegee is just strange when it comes to not being up with the times of American universities board of trustees members make up.

I bet if alumni were the main lead members of the Presidential Search Committee and the chair and vice chair of the board of trustees we'd know a lot more about our presidential selection process. Our alumni aren't that closed about keeping people out of the loop and the process. They wouldn't tell names until they were ready ....but, they sure would update the alumni of the process each stage.

[TU Madman]

There are a lot of qualified Tuskegee alumni who could fill these spots and the amount of people appointed by the state is sick. either.  

All you have to do now is to get the State to appoint them.

[TU Madman]

If Tuskegee had more alumni on its board Tuskegee wouldn't have been dealing with the enrollment decline and academic accreditation stituation some programs have had to deal with in the recent years.

You don't know that this is true. BTW Humphries almost ran FAMU into the ground but that is another story. Tuskegee's model is certainly successful. NCCU have different needs that Tuskegee thus their board make up is different. I would be will to bet that most University President would prefer TU make up over the ones you descibed.

[Golden Kitten]

Nova,

 I've said I personally would support Tuskegee changing its charter again, this time removing the "state related" status and becoming fully independent. Seeing the state only funds 6% of the operation budget. This way we can make room for people on the Board of Trustees and remove the state related people.

That would be naive.

I don't know how this quote got confused but I never said what it shows above. This is what I said...

« Reply #214 on: February 02, 2010, 06:25:20 PM »     

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You're correct Jaimac...

Nova,

As I've told you repeatedly, if you were in the know, you'd know that it has already been said that there will be 5 finalists. And yes, I'm quite aware of who the donors to the university are. After all, as a financial donor to the university, I get the annual report and all of that. The bottom line is the same - and once again I see you're talking out of both sides of your mouth. You are the same person who was yapping about the Governor being able to appoint people to the trustee board - but yet you're talking about the taxpayers being owed a say in who the president might be? Man please...get on one side of the street or the other. What you've posted is a quote from Dr. Payton the other year when he was trying to goad the legislature into doing what it was suppose to do in terms of our funding. You forgot to post this part - which is why we get any consideration in the first place and which is what Dr. Payton pointed out to the Legislature...

[NovaSkegee]

Golden Kitten

http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/story.asp?S=10289592