[NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President

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I don't know much about President Schapiro but I do know Williams - I have
ahd several close friends whose children went there, one of them played
hockey.  It is probably the most sports oriented liberal arts college in
America.  They have won the D-III Directors Cup almost as many times as
Stanford has won the D-I Cup, if not more.  They have a hockey dynasty that
regularly produces NHL players and wins national championships in both
genders.  It is their signature sport.  Football is a bit less successful as
is basketball, but only because the interest is not as great.

Schapiro knows exactly what he is walking into and I'm sure he embraces the
Big Ten and what it stands for with open arms.  I feel good, from an
athletics standpoint, about this pick.  From an academics standpoint and
from what little I have been able to determine, I feel pretty good too.  It
would have been nice to have seen a little more research institution
background, and I'm sure the med school folks are probably screaming, but as
president of a "highly selective" liberal arts college, he must be a helluva
fundraiser or he wouldn't still have the job.  That bodes well for NU.  I am
encouraged by this hire and like Paul, just hope my intial reaction proves
true.
Mark

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM, <NEONRye at aol.com> wrote:

> Joe has hit on something I am aware of, through friends.  Williams is  a
> very
> sports-oriented place, albeit one of the finest institutions of higher
> education in the 50 States.   The elder son of my son's travel soccer
>  coach (I
> managed the team.), as well as one of David's teammates on the travel
>  team, both
> play on the Williams soccer team, and I also know a guy who was the  soccer
> goalie there 35 years ago.   I
>
> I have to believe that President Schapiro will want to support the
>  progress
> that has been made in so many areas of our athletic program, and  hopefully
> he
> understands that doing well in sports, especially football, as long  as we
> do
> it right, only increases the profile of the University.  His
>  background--at
> Williams, and before that USC, augurs well (In fact, he was Dean  of the
> College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Spoiled
>  Children when
> we played them in Pasadena.).   And he went to college  at Hofstra (on Long
> Island, with a good sports program, especially Lacrosse) and  did his grad
> work
> at Penn (one of the Ivies that is actually good in  sports).
>
> Besides, he didn't even have to change colors to come to NU--Williams is
> also a "Purple and White" place.:-)
>
> I feel good about this hire.  I hope the initial reaction proves to be  the
> reality.
>
> Paul Levinson
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