Lehigh President Leaving for England. Any Impact on PL "Council of Presidents" ?

[ngineer]

Announced today that Lehigh's President, Alice Gast, is leaving in July to become President of Imperial College in London. Gast was Lehigh's first woman president and was quite supportive of athletics; having been on the track and field team at Southern Cal while also valedictorian! There has been a fair amount of turnover in the past couple years at the PL schools (Colgate, Bucknell, Lafayette, and now Lehigh) presidencies and it is those officers who really control the direction of the league. With Lehigh's history, I suspect the BOT will bring on someone with the same vision regarding the importance of athletics in the academic mix, but one never knows who's always driving the engine. With a lot of new presidents, I wonder whether that will slow any move to expand the PL from a football perspective?

[Bogus Megapardus]

I know just the guy for you.







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[Bogus Megapardus]

This guy might be good, too.







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[RichH2]

Open question for the future. Our BOT extremely unlikely to alter their model in search for new Pres. given their makeup and track rscord for the last 45years.

[MplsBison]

I predict that the Patriot presidents will, noting the success of other high academic universities with major league football (Stanford, Rice, Duke, Northwestern - albeit not this season), abolish the concept of a forced, arbitrary academic minimum for football players.

They will allow the admissions departments at the schools to determine if any prospective football student-athlete is a good fit for the school's incoming class, using the criteria, methods and judgement that they've relied upon for every other admitted student.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Have you called Oberlin's Marvin Krislov? He thinks sthports are fabulouth!






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[Mr. C]

Too bad we can't get some change like that in the Ivy League. Maybe if we did, there would be hope of the Ivies finally joining the FCS playoffs.

[Sader87]

"The 'Big East' you say? No, what I envision, since we aren't in the 'entertainment business,' is an athletic model were we dismantle decades of basketball and football success and compete in a model much like Columbia and Cornell. What could go wrong? After I leave this mortal coil, I'd like to be resurrected once more as Lehigh's president."

And yes, I'm going directly to Hell.

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[PAllen]

Is it me, or has Lehigh been rolling through the presidents recently? I know Pete was there for a long time, but the last two don't seem to have stuck around very long. Honestly, I'm not sad to see Alice leave. My interactions with here were less than ideal (not terrible, but not what I would expect when directed towards an alum).

[superman7515]

Lehigh will drop football for rugby and join up with Oxford, Cambridge, et al for a new power conference in the UK.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Imperial College is one of the very few in the UK to offer athletic scholarships.

[Go...gate]

I know this guy "Buddy" Karelis who would be just perfect for Lehigh..... xblehx

[RichH2]

Lehigh will drop football for rugby and join up with Oxford, Cambridge, et al for a new power conference in the UK.

and UD will still duck playing LU

[Engineer86]

Lehigh will drop football for rugby and join up with Oxford, Cambridge, et al for a new power conference in the UK.

As long as there is a Rugby board that we can post on when our next President leaves. xlolx All Lehigh all the time.

President Gast was a great supporter of all our sports teams and I do the importance of the selection of our new President.

[superman7515]

and UD will still duck playing LU

10 times in the last 28 years is hardly ducking, especially considering the 9-1 record against the Future UPS Drivers of America.

[Go...gate]

Lehigh will drop football for rugby and join up with Oxford, Cambridge, et al for a new power conference in the UK.

I think Oxford and Cambridge shouild join the Patriot League! We have to teach them Anerican Football, though....

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

This guy might be good, too.






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Uncle Buck will gladly oversee the relocation process!! xlolx xlolx

[ngineer]

Is it me, or has Lehigh been rolling through the presidents recently? I know Pete was there for a long time, but the last two don't seem to have stuck around very long. Honestly, I'm not sad to see Alice leave. My interactions with here were less than ideal (not terrible, but not what I would expect when directed towards an alum).

Not really. In this day and age most Presidents don't go beyond 10 years and she will have been here 7. Plus, she was not looking to leave; she was sought out and the gig is a big step up for her considering her academic and research background. Decades ago it was not unusual for college Presidents/Chancellors to stay 20 years or so; of course, that was very dependent on the faculty. Today, many more 'angles' to be addressed, with one of the primary being fund raising/ 'revenue' development. Likins' stay was longer than most and he, too, loved (and still does) Lehigh. He still attends the NCAA wrestling tournament and sits with the Lehigh fans. Farrington, who followed, was the 'odd duck' who could have been another Rothkopf that Laughyette suffered with, but he was smart enough to see that any interference with athletics would have resulted in a firing. So he was 'removed' emotionally and intellectually from athletics.

The next appointment I would suspect will be someone who sees the ability to meld excellent academics with excellent athletic programs as part of the training for tomorrow's leaders in industry, the professions and business. Certainly someone from a 'like-minded' institutional background would be expected.

[Pard4Life]

Another Lehigh thread?? xsmhx

This is like, thread add-on news, not its own thread on AGS.

[DFW HOYA]

Where was the "Brian Mitchell Leaves Bucknell, Any Impact on PL "Council of Presidents"? thread a few years ago?

Oh, wait...


xlolx All Lehigh all the time.

[blukeys]

and UD will still duck playing LU

Typical whiny Lehigh BS. No one at UD gives a second thought to Lehigh. You guys are obsessed and need some serious help. Get over yourselves. The fact is you are just not that good.

You want a game? Come to the Tub.

[ngineer]

We'll take home and homes with UNH and JMU, thank you. I love playing the CAA schools, and would love to play the Hens again, but if they don't want to travel to Goodman at least one out of three games, then so be it.

[Go...gate]

Colgate travels to Newark in 2014 in search of that ever-elusive first win over the Blue Hens.

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Colgate travels to Newark in 2014 in search of that elusive first win over the Blue Hens.

[JimLU]

Colgate travels to Newark in 2014 in search of that ever-elusive first win over the Blue Hens.

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Colgate travels to Newark in 2014 in search of that elusive first win over the Blue Hens.I just looked it up and am shocked. Colgate never beat Delaware (0 for 5). But never played them before 1977.....

[jimbo65]

"The 'Big East' you say? No, what I envision, since we aren't in the 'entertainment business,' is an athletic model were we dismantle decades of basketball and football success and compete in a model much like Columbia and Cornell. What could go wrong? After I leave this mortal coil, I'd like to be resurrected once more as Lehigh's president."

And yes, I'm going directly to Hell.

18728

If that is Fr. Brooks, you have a great sense of humor.

A few years ago I went to a HC, Fordham game in the BX. At one point, over the p a, there was a mention of the "contribution" he made to athletics. Talk about rewriting history.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Why does it seem that those PantyStains just can't seem to get anything done right? Lafayette upcoming schedules:






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[Pard4Life]

Why does it seem that those PantyStains just can't seem to get anything done right? Lafayette upcoming schedules:




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I believe that we are also scheduled for 2017 as well... three game series 1-2-1.

[ngineer]

Why does it seem that those PantyStains just can't seem to get anything done right? Lafayette upcoming schedules:





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Looks like they're willing to play you but not us.

[Franks Tanks]

Looks like they're willing to play you but not us.

Yes, because Lafayette in the spirit of compromise gave them a 2 for 1. I'm sure if Lehigh would do the same you would get the same deal, but maybe you guys were already playing CCSU or Monmouth that week.

Lafayette plays Army is 2016 as well correct? With Delaware at home, Army and Princeton that year we have an excellent schedule lined up for Reed's senior year.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Yes, because Lafayette in the spirit of compromise gave them a 2 for 1. I'm sure if Lehigh would do the same you would get the same deal, but maybe you guys were already playing CCSU or Monmouth that week.

Lafayette plays Army is 2016 as well correct? With Delaware at home, Army and Princeton that year we have an excellent schedule lined up for Reed's senior year.

Lehigh has tried that....

Either way, water under the bridge. UNH has been the more consistent program the last 5 years.

I'm more interested in a Temple-Delaware game at the Linc...

[RichH2]

Interesting to see how schedules develop over next 5-6 years. Nice coup for Pards getting a series with UD. I still like our ones with UNH and JMU.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Yes, because Delaware wants Ws....

FIFY

[ngineer]

Yes, because Lafayette in the spirit of compromise gave them a 2 for 1. I'm sure if Lehigh would do the same you would get the same deal, but maybe you guys were already playing CCSU or Monmouth that week.

Lafayette plays Army is 2016 as well correct? With Delaware at home, Army and Princeton that year we have an excellent schedule lined up for Reed's senior year.

We have offered them two at the TUB and one at Goodman over past several years and they wouldn't agree. That is solid information. Maybe with the new regime at Newark that will change. We'd love to renew that series.