[Alumni-chat] about Dixon and Sparks

[Laura Fathauer]

--- Sistersara at aol.com wrote:

> It was part of Guskin's personal report to the Alumni
> Association  Board.  I 
> served on the board between 88 and 94, and I believe it was 
> either the first 
> or second year.  The decision to get out of the Law School 
> was actually made 
> by the AU BOT before Guskin arrived, but he had to execute the
>  transfer.  

That's not what I've seen in his reports to the trustees and his
state of the college addresses. From 85 & 86, guskin came in and
made that determination that either it was the college or the
law school, and he decided the law school would have to be
jettisoned and efforts focused on saving the college. From what
I've also read, both the trustees & some of the community
balked, and essentially guskin made a deal with the trustees- he
would give people associated with the law school time to
fundraise, and if they did not get a certain amount by a certain
date, guskin wanted authority to execute the closure without
board action, and was given that authority. 

Talk about repeating history...

-l



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