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Penn State Names Barron Leader After Spanier Ousted in Scandal - Businessweek
Pennsylvania State University"sboard named Eric J. Barron as its next president, replacingGraham Spanier, the former leader who was ousted after thecampus became embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal.
Barron, 62, now president of Florida State University, willassume the post by May 12, Keith Masser, chairman of the board,said yesterday at a meeting in State College, Pennsylvania.
Penn State"s presidential selection committee chose Barron,and the full board voted at the meeting. Spanier, who was firedin 2011 and faces criminal charges that include orchestrating analleged cover-up, had been succeeded by Rodney Erickson on aninterim basis.
"I hope the winds of change are blowing in the form of arenowned climatologist named Eric J. Barron," trustee AnthonyLubrano said at the meeting. "It"s time to bring us all home.We want to return. We want to heal. We just need a leader toshow us the way."
Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach whoserved under late Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, wasconvicted in June 2012 on 45 counts related to sexually abusingboys. The school has undergone investigations, replaced topofficials, and agreed to pay $59.7 million in settlements to 26abuse victims.
Barron, Florida State"s president since February 2010,spent two decades at Penn State starting in 1986 includingpositions as professor of geosciences, director of the EarthSystem Science Center and dean of the College of Earth andMineral Sciences.
"Incredibly Painful"
He takes over a university still overshadowed by the impactof the Sandusky case. Penn State was also fined $60 million bythe National Collegiate Athletic Association for its handling ofthe scandal and has been barred from participation in lucrativepost-season football games for four years. The school has spentmore than $50 million to pay for legal defense, public relationsand other costs associated with the controversy.
"Those events were incredibly painful and saddening to allthose people that love Penn State University," Barron said at anews conference after the board vote. "But what I see is aninstitution that has really taken control of compliance and isno doubt now a model university that I think a lot of otheruniversities are going to look at."
Sandusky, 70, was sentenced in October 2012 to at least 30years in prison for abusing boys over a 15-year period,sometimes on the school"s campus. He is serving time in amaximum security facility in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Varied Career
Barron received a bachelor"s degree in geology from FloridaState and has a master"s and a Ph.D. from the University ofMiami, according to FSU"s website. He previously served asdirector of the National Center for Atmospheric Research inBoulder, Colorado, and was dean of the Jackson School ofGeosciences at the University of Texas at Austin from 2006 to2008.
"An award-winning teacher, Dr. Barron has been aninnovative leader in providing undergraduate students withsuperior curricular and extracurricular experiences," saidBrent Yarnal, a geography professor and chairman of theuniversity"s faculty senate, who played a role in the selectionprocess. "I worked for and with him for 20 years. I saw histalents and his devotion to Penn State."
Spanier, ex-Athletic Director Timothy Curley and Gary Schultz, a retired vice president in charge of universitypolice, were ordered in July to face trial on charges includingendangering the welfare of children, conspiracy and perjury forthe alleged cover-up of Sandusky"s abuse.
Transparency Call
It will be important for Barron to embrace an increasedsensitivity to transparency, a commitment to greater engagementand a respect for shared governance and the public mission ofthe university, said Lawrence Backer, a professor of law andgovernment affairs, and former chairman of the faculty senate.
"I am pleased to note that this president has come home toa place he knows well and whose culture has no doubt shaped himto a large degree," Backer said in an e-mail yesterday. "Weall expect great things and look forward to his collaborativeand engaged leadership."
To contact the reporters on this story:John Lauerman in Boston at [email protected];Sophia Pearson in federal court in Philadelphia at
[email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story:Lisa Wolfson at [email protected]
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-17/penn-state-names-barron-leader-after-spanier-ousted-in-scandal
Pennsylvania State University"sboard named Eric J. Barron as its next president, replacingGraham Spanier, the former leader who was ousted after thecampus became embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal.
Barron, 62, now president of Florida State University, willassume the post by May 12, Keith Masser, chairman of the board,said yesterday at a meeting in State College, Pennsylvania.
Penn State"s presidential selection committee chose Barron,and the full board voted at the meeting. Spanier, who was firedin 2011 and faces criminal charges that include orchestrating analleged cover-up, had been succeeded by Rodney Erickson on aninterim basis.
"I hope the winds of change are blowing in the form of arenowned climatologist named Eric J. Barron," trustee AnthonyLubrano said at the meeting. "It"s time to bring us all home.We want to return. We want to heal. We just need a leader toshow us the way."
Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach whoserved under late Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, wasconvicted in June 2012 on 45 counts related to sexually abusingboys. The school has undergone investigations, replaced topofficials, and agreed to pay $59.7 million in settlements to 26abuse victims.
Barron, Florida State"s president since February 2010,spent two decades at Penn State starting in 1986 includingpositions as professor of geosciences, director of the EarthSystem Science Center and dean of the College of Earth andMineral Sciences.
"Incredibly Painful"
He takes over a university still overshadowed by the impactof the Sandusky case. Penn State was also fined $60 million bythe National Collegiate Athletic Association for its handling ofthe scandal and has been barred from participation in lucrativepost-season football games for four years. The school has spentmore than $50 million to pay for legal defense, public relationsand other costs associated with the controversy.
"Those events were incredibly painful and saddening to allthose people that love Penn State University," Barron said at anews conference after the board vote. "But what I see is aninstitution that has really taken control of compliance and isno doubt now a model university that I think a lot of otheruniversities are going to look at."
Sandusky, 70, was sentenced in October 2012 to at least 30years in prison for abusing boys over a 15-year period,sometimes on the school"s campus. He is serving time in amaximum security facility in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Varied Career
Barron received a bachelor"s degree in geology from FloridaState and has a master"s and a Ph.D. from the University ofMiami, according to FSU"s website. He previously served asdirector of the National Center for Atmospheric Research inBoulder, Colorado, and was dean of the Jackson School ofGeosciences at the University of Texas at Austin from 2006 to2008.
"An award-winning teacher, Dr. Barron has been aninnovative leader in providing undergraduate students withsuperior curricular and extracurricular experiences," saidBrent Yarnal, a geography professor and chairman of theuniversity"s faculty senate, who played a role in the selectionprocess. "I worked for and with him for 20 years. I saw histalents and his devotion to Penn State."
Spanier, ex-Athletic Director Timothy Curley and Gary Schultz, a retired vice president in charge of universitypolice, were ordered in July to face trial on charges includingendangering the welfare of children, conspiracy and perjury forthe alleged cover-up of Sandusky"s abuse.
Transparency Call
It will be important for Barron to embrace an increasedsensitivity to transparency, a commitment to greater engagementand a respect for shared governance and the public mission ofthe university, said Lawrence Backer, a professor of law andgovernment affairs, and former chairman of the faculty senate.
"I am pleased to note that this president has come home toa place he knows well and whose culture has no doubt shaped himto a large degree," Backer said in an e-mail yesterday. "Weall expect great things and look forward to his collaborativeand engaged leadership."
To contact the reporters on this story:John Lauerman in Boston at [email protected];Sophia Pearson in federal court in Philadelphia at
[email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story:Lisa Wolfson at [email protected]
Story: UNC Academic Fraud Scandal Sparks Racial RecriminationsStory: University of North Carolina Apologizes for Fake Classes, Promises Real ChangeStory: Four Blunt Points About UNC, College Sports, and Academic CorruptionStory: Who Runs Freedom Industries? West Virginia's Chemical Spill MysteryStory: Toronto Can't Shake the Shadow of Rob Ford
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