Top Recruiter Withdraws from ISU Presidential Search

**theshadow** · 06-07-2011, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by drednot57

IIRC, the sale of WOI was before Jischke, Gordon Eaton was ISU President. Even so, the IBOR, under the first Branstad administration, forced the sale of the TV station; remember Marvin Pomerantz?

The sale went through in '94. Jischke started in '91.

The BOR tried to sell it off during Eaton's watch, but couldn't get it done. There were also rumblings during the Parks era.

**drednot57** · 06-07-2011, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by theshadow

The sale went through in '94. Jischke started in '91.

The BOR tried to sell it off during Eaton's watch, but couldn't get it done. There were also rumblings during the Parks era.

:eggonface: Yeah, just edited my previous post. IIRC, Forsling had considerable pull with both the state legislature and Congress since he was one of the founders of NPR and PBS.

**jbhtexas** · 06-10-2011, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Tornado man

Greg hired his good friend Betsy Hoffman from the scrap heap to be Provost; what has she done? Lots of frustration there.

This announcement from today's ISU Alumni News email should warm your heart...

Board of Regents moves forward on ISU presidential search
On Wednesday in Iowa City, the state Board of Regents agreed to hire Atlanta’s Parker Executive Search, one of the four firms that made pitches at the April 28 Regents meeting, to direct the search for Iowa State’s next university president. College of Business dean Labh Hira and alumnus Roger Underwood (’80 ag business) of Ames will co-chair an 18-member search committee. The Regents pointed to Parker’s experience on campus, including its role in the university’s 2006 provost search, as a strength. President Gregory Geoffroy announced in March that he will leave his post by July 31, 2012.