Gallaudet Chooses Former Graduate As Interim President

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Gallaudet Chooses Former Graduate As Interim President

WASHINGTON -- Gallaudet University has chosen a 1953 graduate to be interim president.

Robert Davila said he'll work to improve communications within the school's community as he tries to make the institution better.

Davila spent 17 years as a teacher and administrator on the campus and at its affiliated institutions. He is also a former Department of Education assistant secretary.


In 1989 he became President George Bush's key adviser on rehabilitation education programs for the disabled. And, Davila is a former vice president of the National Insitutute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state.

Davila was introduced Sunday afternoon by members of Gallaudet's board of trustees. He will take the post for up to two years when Irving King Jordan, the current president, steps down as president on Jan. 2.

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Why "Interim" President ?
Why NOT just "President" rather than just "Interim President" ?
I do not recall we ever had "Interim President" before.
Whose idea was it ? Was this "Interim" necessary ?
 
Y said:
Why "Interim" President ?
Why NOT just "President" rather than just "Interim President" ?
I do not recall we ever had "Interim President" before.
Whose idea was it ? Was this "Interim" necessary ?
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He is supposed to be a "temporary" president until they select the permanment president. Why? I dont know. Why not just give him the presidency and get it over with?
 
well hopefully he does a good job, a very good job, so that maybe
he could be PRESIDENT. :fingersx:
 
The*Empress said:
well hopefully he does a good job, a very good job, so that maybe
he could be PRESIDENT. :fingersx:
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The Board of Trustees has already told all applicants that the Interim President cannot be the future President.
 
Tousi said:
The Board of Trustees has already told all applicants that the Interim President cannot be the future President.
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This does NOT sound too good at all.

Thats why this word "Temporary" or "Interim"
seem somewhat downgrading and insulting.

I wonder who/which BOT member
suggested "Interim" and that the
Interim President cannot be the future President ?
Hmm, What the real reason for this ?
 
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They are NOT going to select a permanent president without another long, ardent search. They do not want another possible protest and further damage the image of Gallaudet U.

So, in the interests of buying time, and making sure that outgoing President Jordan retires on time, they're supplanting a temporary president while the search goes on for a more permanent one.

This way, whomever they select (in this case, Mr. Davila) his detractors will just say, "well, it's only for 18 months, not worth protesting over." Then they can look for the real president to take over.

How old is Davila, anyway? 72? There's no way he'd last long enough healthwise to remain president for very long.
 
Davila is a cheerful and praiseworthy face. But the question is if the face is good enough to stand in an ever changing deaf society where 2 strong groups of deaf people battle for control of Gallaudet.

Richard
 
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