Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – David Gearhart of Fayetteville, Ark. vice chancellor for advancement at the University of Arkansas, was named the school’s Chancellor Friday by the Board of Trustees. Recommended by UofA President Dr. Alan Sugg, Gearhart will succeeded John White on July 1. White, who has headed the Fayetteville campus for 11 years, will remain on the engineering faculty. I’ve invited Dr. White to spend some time at the Clinton School as well.
David and his wife, Jane, are longtime friends–dating back to college days. I also had the opportunty of teaching their son, Brock, when I was a visiting professor on the Fayetteville campus. David will make an outstanding chancellor, and we at the Clinton School look foward to working with him in his new role.
Another good friend, Charlie Cook of Washington D.C, who writes the Cook Political Report and also for the National Journal, met with Clinton School students for two hours Friday morning about the 2008 Presidential campaign. Charlie was in Little Rock to speak to the Political Animals Club, There’s no one who knows politics better and loves it any more than Charlie. Our students always look forward to his visits, and we’re hopeful for a return stop this fall for a review of the general election.
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