[NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President

[Scott Zeller]

I like this pick so far as well, and the med school can jump in Lake
Michigan if they don't like it. Ever since my Northwestern University
Medical School degree became something from a school named "Feinberg" they
have lost all credibility with me anyway.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
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