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State chancellor candidates narrowed to three

Jan 29, 2007 - 03:59:31 CST

Associated Press

Gov. John Hoeven's chief of staff is one of three finalists for the job of chancellor of North Dakota's university system.

A search committee on Sunday picked William Goetz, a former Dickinson State University business professor and administrator, and higher education officials from Illinois and the Middle East from a list of five semifinalists.

Goetz has been Hoeven's chief of staff since the governor was elected in 2000. He served as chief of staff to Hoeven's predecessor, Ed Schafer, for the previous three years.

Goetz was a business professor at Dickinson State University for 30 years, and an administrator in Dickinson State's business school for 14 years. He is a former state legislator, and served as assistant Republican floor leader in both the state House and Senate.

Another finalist, Warren Halsey Fox, has served as executive director for the Office of Higher Education in United Arab Emirates since 2004. He was executive director of the California Postsecondary Education Commission from 1991 to 2002.

The other finalist is Paul Keys, provost for academic and student affairs at Governors State University, in University Park, Ill.

Ronald Abrams, president of North Central State College in Mansfield, Ohio, and Roger Bowen, general secretary of the American Association of University Professors in Washington, D.C., were eliminated after a video conference on Sunday.

The board plans to name the new chancellor on Feb. 23, after interviewing the finalists in Bismarck Feb. 14-15.

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Comments

Another Attorney? wrote on Jan 29, 2007 1:53 PM:

" I do not personally know Mr. Goetz. I just hope he's just not another attorney chosen to help run this dysfunctional Republican government. Best of luck to Mr. Goetz if he is chosen! "

promote ND wrote on Jan 29, 2007 7:12 AM:

" There should be NO question who the final candidate should be. Goetz has all the qualifications and history necessary to do this job. He knows all the players and can hit the ground running instead of taking years to find his way around. There are serious issues in the higher ed system that need to be corrected NOW, and any time there's a qualified candidate from ND they must be hired if we are to send a message to our young people that ND has a place for them in the future! "

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