Word: medgar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CUNY officials say that two weeks ago, during ameeting in which employment negotiations wereexpected to take place, Counter informed theadministrators that he was declining thepresidency and expressed doubt about Medgar Evers'future as a college...
Shortly after the meeting, Counter's personalspokesman, Edward L. Doyle, released thisstatement: "After long and hard consideration ofthe Medgar Evers offer, and after meeting withseveral personal advisers upon my return to theUnited States, the following conclusions havebecome apparent, first that there is considerabledoubt regarding the continued existence and viability ofMedgar Evers College as an independentinstitution...
...Medgar Evers returned the volley with astatement criticizing its former would-bepresident. "It is unfortunate that Dr. Counter'sdecision as reflected in his press release,following meetings not with university trusteesand officials, but with `several personaladvisers,' gratuitously harms the college that hadsought his leadership by seeking to portray itsfuture in a highly unfavorable light...
...date, Medgar Evers maintains that Counteraccepted the post they offered him, and to datethe director of the Harvard Foundation calls theevent a misunderstanding...
...Counter was not taking a whack at anybody--ifhe just said `no' he would be turning his back onthe opportunity to make a statement he thinksneeds to be made," Doyle said. "He is tremendouslydedicated to the students at Medgar Evers and hefeels that Medgar Evers College will never be ableto reach its potential until all efforts are madeto restore its four-year status...