Interesting news - UA presidential search

[madDOG]

I'm really happy with the selection and I wish him the best.

[UAalum72]

T-U columnist speculates it may be short-term (or expensive) for Philip

 

Odato - first part of the column is about Carl McCall resigning from a business after becoming a SUNY trustee two years ago.

 

Active retiree

 

George Philip will take the post of permanent president of SUNY Albany. But it could be a costly or short-lived move: He needs a waiver to keep working as the $280,000-per-year campus chief while collecting his $261,000 pension. He's using a waiver that expires in November, the Office of the Comptroller said.

Without the waiver, he can make only $30,000 from the state. A retiree from the State Teachers Retirement System, which he led for years, Philip is already getting $30,000 as a consultant there (down from $100,000 he had previously been getting post-retirement).

 

The rules on waivers tightened last fall. An agency must prove there is an urgent need for a retiree's services because of an unplanned vacancy, or the employer must prove an extensive recruitment effort was conducted without finding a qualified non-retiree.

 

The Albany job was desired by several non-retirees, including top SUNY central officials such as Nicholas Rostow.

[Clickclack]

I see that the next Board of Trustees meeting is on June 16th, do we know if the board with take up the matter of confirming Mr. Phillips as the next president of UA?

[UAalum72]

Times-Union Capital Profile today is of Carl Hayden, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Some comments on the University and the presidential search.