UPDATE: Well, here's an unexpected twist: Judge Robert B. King, of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a WVU alumnus, has weighed in on the topic, The Associated Press reports.
Original post below...
Public Broadcasting's Scott Finn aired a piece this morning echoing questions about Mike Garrison's presence on the short list of candidates as West Virginia University's searches for its next president.
The recently resigned Higher Education Policy Commission chairman and former Wise administration official is one of three finalists for the post. The piece (transcript here) refers to Garrison as a "politically connected" candidate with ties to "many" members of the search committee.
The Charleston Daily Mail also has an article this morning scrutinizing Garrison's candidacy for the job. Under an "analysis" tag, the article parallels Garrison with the man he would succeed, David Hardesty.
The article notes that like Garrison, Hardesty was a lawyer and former state tax official lacking any real background in academia when he sought the presidency.
Interestingly, Hardesty came from Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love. That's the same law firm of Ricklin Brown, a critic of Garrison's candidacy in the Public Broadcasting piece.
As noted earlier here, Garrison is a finalist along with M. Duane Nellis, Kansas State University provost and former WVU dean, and Portland State University President Daniel Bernstine.
29 March 2007
The Hunt for WVU's Next President - UPDATED
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More relevant, Brown notes in the interview that he has a personal bias against Garrison because Gov. Wise sacked Brown from an appointed position.
Also, Brown's firm competes with Garrison's firm for legal work.
Not the most objective source for the story. In fact, it's a strong defense for Garrison. While the story tries to point out Garrison's connections, it just goes to show you that WV is a small place and it's easy to find six degrees (or less) of separation between people.
1. Garrison is the lobbyist for the head of the search committee, Steve Goodwin. Garrison nominated him for an prestigious award.
2. Garrison is the lobbyist for Perry Petropolus who is on the BOG.
3. Garrison lets it slip that he has inisde information into the selection process by resigning from the higher ed commission one day before the finalists are announced. Who could that of come from?
4. Originaly there were 5 finalists. Two found out that this was rigged, they dropped out. A third dropped out this past week. When will the fourth drop out?
5. How can a man in his thirties have the experience to run a major university? Especially compared to individuls who have PhD's, academic experience, provosts and presidents of universities? Can a nonacademic sit in a room with presidents fro the nation's major universities and represent our state and be respected?
It's pretty clear that Garrison is the BOG's boy. West Virginia is famous for its incestuous relationships. This is just a more recent example.
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