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Birmingham-Southern College lot of enthusiasm for these names a college alumnus and a two," said trustee Wayne Texas university provost for Killion, chairman of the 15- its two finalists for a new member presidential search president. (The Birmingham committee. "They both are News/Frank Couch ) Members very accomplished in their of a search committee at own way." He said the Birmingham-Southern committee will make a College say they have named recommendation to the two finalists to be the new trustees by Feb. 11, president, following the following on-campus visits by August 2010 resignation of the candidates. The trustees David Pollick after months of meet next on Feb. 17. controversy due to accounting "We've been very clear about and overspending problems at the need for fund-raising the private liberal arts skills," said Natalie Davis, school. The two finalists professor of political are University of Dallas science and a member of the Provost J. William Berry and search committee. "I'm BSC alumnus Rodney Ferguson confident either one can do of the Brunswick Group what we need." consulting firm in Washington, Birmingham-Southern, D.C. Bill Berry has served affiliated with the United as provost at the University Methodist Church, has endured of Dallas since June 2008. In years of deficits and has December 2008, he became begun recent cutbacks to help executive vice president of balance the budget. Ferguson the school, which is and then Berry will be affiliated with the Catholic brought in for interviews on Diocese of Dallas. Berry campus over the next two served as interim chancellor weeks. Once the committee from April 2009 to March 2010. makes a recommendation, then Ferguson became a partner at the board will vote on Brunswick in July 2010. He whether to accept the was a former managing recommendation. Want to director and principal of know more? Financial aid Lipman Hearne, where he error costs Birmingham- provided counsel to clients Southern College millions; including The Brookings cuts likely Birmingham- Institution, the U.S. Southern College to eliminate Department of Education, RAND, five majors, 29 faculty Scholastic Inc., and the positions Birmingham- National Children's Medical Southern College's bond Center. Ferguson also rating downgraded by Moody's, worked with put on watch list PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Birmingham-Southern College management consultant. He trustees vow new push to spent three years as a cover deficit costs journalist in the Washington Birmingham-Southern College bureaus of The Wall Street trustees accept resignation Journal and The Cleveland of President David Pollick Plain Dealer. Ferguson has Update: Birmingham-Southern a master's in public policy College trustees name Provost from the Harvard University Mark Schantz as interim Kennedy School and received president Story updated his bachelor's degree in with additional information political science and history at 4:45 p.m. Related from Birmingham-Southern topics:Birmingham-Southern College. He received a College, J. William Berry, certificate in crisis Rodney Ferguson
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