[NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> Especially, in this case, where the Schapiro was the president
> of a prestigious private school.  A research university may be substantially
> different than a liberal arts college, but the part of the job dealing with
> fundraising, which is substantial, is not.

But before he went to Williams, he was at USC, which is a research university.

He was chair of the USC economics department, dean of their college of 
letters, arts and sciences and then their VP for planning, so he's 
definitely got the academic chops to lead Northwestern.  
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Mike Nolan