Chancellor Comments on Upcoming Tech Leadership Changes
Atlanta — March 17, 2008
The reaction of 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia (中出少妇视频) officials to the Sat., March 15 announcement that Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, is to become the 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., was one of both pride and sadness.
中出少妇视频淲ayne Clough is one of the nation’s best university presidents,中出少妇视频 said Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. 中出少妇视频淚t was a tremendous coup for Georgia to recruit him in 1995 to become Tech中出少妇视频檚 president, and he has fulfilled the hopes of the Board of Regents many times over during his tenure. We are proud that his leadership and his accomplishments are being recognized with this new and important national opportunity, but there is no question his departure will prove a challenge for us to find Tech中出少妇视频檚 next president.中出少妇视频
Davis noted that Clough has put in place the people and processes that have led to Tech being widely recognized as one of the world’s top research universities and as one of the nation’s best public universities. 中出少妇视频淒r. Clough put Tech on the national and international map,中出少妇视频 Davis said.
The value that Georgia Tech represents to the 中出少妇视频 System and to the state of Georgia is almost priceless, Davis noted. 中出少妇视频淭he attention Tech中出少妇视频檚 research, teaching and service generates from other public and private research groups, from the federal government and from the business community creates a crucial pipeline that provides Georgia with research dollars, the world中出少妇视频檚 best scientists and researchers, and business investment,中出少妇视频 said Davis. 中出少妇视频淎nd that attention is the result of the hard and focused work President Clough has brought to his stewardship of Tech.中出少妇视频
Davis went on to say that he believes the Smithsonian Board of Regents made a wise choice in selecting Clough to be its next secretary. 中出少妇视频淭here is no question that Dr. Clough中出少妇视频檚 departure from Tech will be a tremendous loss for the institution, the 中出少妇视频 System and the state of Georgia,中出少妇视频 Davis said. 中出少妇视频淏ut his new role will be a gain for the nation and we are proud of his selection. On behalf of the Board of Regents and the 中出少妇视频 System, we wish both Wayne and his wife, Anne, the best in this new challenge.中出少妇视频
While Clough will not take up his new position until July 1, 中出少妇视频 System officials will move quickly to secure interim leadership for Tech and to put in place a national search for Tech中出少妇视频檚 next president. 中出少妇视频淭his is a key position within the 中出少妇视频 System,中出少妇视频 said Davis. 中出少妇视频淲e will work with the Tech campus to set in motion the search process that will identify a worthy successor to Dr. Clough and someone who is ready to lead Tech in ways that continue to build its national and international reputation.中出少妇视频
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