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The following press release from the Antioch College Alumni Assn. was posted today (Aug. 31, 07) announcing the departure effective immediately of Dr. Steven Lawry, President Of Antioch College for the past 18 months.
Dr. Lawry had earlier announced he would depart from his present job as Antioch College President on December 31, 07, but now has announced he will quit immediately.
Here is the test of the Antioch College Alumni Assn. press release posted today on the Antioch College Alumni chatline:
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ANTIOCH COLLEGE PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN; WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COLLEGE ALUMNI
BOARD AND REVIVAL FUND
Contact: Rick Daily, (720) 318-5880 • press@antiochians.org
President Steven W. Lawry has stepped down as the President of Antioch College
effective immediately. This announcement came from Antioch University Chancellor
Toni Murdock. Lawry will, however, be working with the Antioch College Alumni
Board to ensure the uninterrupted academic operation of Antioch College as an
institution of higher education with a tenured faculty.
“We have appreciated working with Steve, his many good ideas and his efforts in
working with us in developing plans for the revitalization of the College,”
commented Nancy Crow, President of the Antioch College Alumni Board. “Steve has
been a strong advocate for a College with its own Board of Trustees and a
clearer relationship to the University.”
“We welcome the opportunity to work with Steve. There is a daunting amount of
money to raise,” added Rick Daily, Treasurer of the Alumni Board. “We are going
to keep Antioch College open and restore it to its proper place of prominence
among American colleges.”
On July 26, 2007, Lawry had announced to the Antioch community his intention to
resign from the presidency effective December 31, 2007. He had made this
announcement in light of the decision of the University Board of Trustees to
suspend operations at Antioch College as of June 2008.
Since the suspension was announced, Antioch College alumni across the country
have raised more than $8 million in cash and pledges to maintain continuous
operations with a tenured faculty at the 155-year-old Yellow Springs, Ohio
institution. The Alumni Board’s plan proposes the establishment of a separate
board of trustees to oversee Antioch College.
During the weekend of August 25-26, the Alumni Board presented its plan for
keeping Antioch College open to the University Board of Trustees. The University
Board of Trustees approved a resolution to work with the College Alumni Board to
allow it to demonstrate, by the October 2007 Board of Trustees meeting, the
financial and academic feasibility of the College Alumni Board’s proposal for
the continued operation of the Antioch College.
The Alumni Board is continuing with its fundraising efforts and development of a
full business plan for the College. As part of this effort, it is working with
the university to utilize and augment the full resource of the College’s
Development Office.
For additional information on the Antioch College Alumni Association and its
Revival Fund, visit www.antiochians.org.
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