Word: hackney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trustees' executive board selected F. Sheldon Hackney, now president of Tulane University, to be UPenn president, bypassing university Provost Varton Gregorian. Many students and faculty had supported Gregorian for the post and sharply criticized the trustees for not appointing him, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported...
After the announcement that Hackney had been selected, Gregorian announced he would resign October 24, ending an eight-year association with the school...
...faculty senate also will meet in special session to discuss the selection of Hackney. More than 120 faculty members signed a petition for the special session, but several signers said they wanted to understand why the trustees had passed over Gregorian rather than to overturn Hackney's selection...
Penn's undergraduate assembly planned to hold a rally tomorrow to protest the selection of Hackney, currently president at the University of Tulane...
Opposition among the university's trustees led to the decision to appoint Hackney instead of Gregorian despite "strong support" for the provost, the reporter added. No official comment was available...