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Was I Quoted Correctly in The D?
Was I quoted correctly in The D?
The Board’s 2007 decision to end parity between Board-selected and alumni-elected trustees was another issue discussed in the letters Asch received, he said, adding that alumni were “upset” and “wounded” by the decision.
“The idea that [the trustees] were expanding the Board to have greater diversity on the Board or because we had more alumni representation than other schools wasn’t convincing,” Asch said. “I think everyone sees it as what I believe it was — as a defensive measure to stop the petitioners from achieving a higher influence on the Board.”Although he said he is a supporter of parity on the Board, Asch said he never supported the second lawsuit against the College and that it was a “mistake.”
“[Judge Timothy Vaughan] made what he thought was a fair ruling and I can’t disagree with that,” Asch said. “I hope that lawsuits are over, but I also hope that President Kim will see that he has to unify an alumni body that’s really split, and the way to unify the alumni body is to bring back parity.”
Yes.
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