2008 Woodie Awards
Miles to lead regents
Ben Fornell - The Daily Iowan
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: Metro
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David Miles has been elected president of the state Board of Regents, a move expected to assuage those at the UI concerned with Michael Gartner's management style during the first, failed search for a new UI president.
On Wednesday, the regents selected the current president pro tem to the position in a telephone meeting. His term will last from Jan. 1, 2008 to April 30, 2008, when Gartner's term would have ended.
Gartner says he will remain on the board until his term ends in 2011.
Miles led the meeting, which lasted fewer than eight minutes. Regent Bonnie Campbell nominated Miles to the presidency, and he was approved by seven regents. Miles abstained, and Gartner was traveling and unable to attend.
"Thank you," Miles said to the regents. "This is an extraordinary group of people, anyone of whom would make an excellent president."
Miles has said that he favors a relaxed style of management and that he sees himself as more of an administrator than a gatekeeper. He told the assembled regents that he will ask for their help in recommending what the regents' institutions need.
After Miles was elected, Campbell proposed a motion to state "the appreciation of the board for the leadership of Michael Gartner."
Miles added that Gartner had seen the board through the selection of two university presidents, an executive director, secured full-funding for the regents' agenda in the previous legislative session, and integrated the stations of Iowa Public Radio, among other achievements.
The motion was unanimously approved.
Regent Jenny Connolly, a graduate student in postsecondary education at the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest member of the board, said "Michael's been a great person to learn from."
Miles, who was appointed by Gov. Chet Culver in March, runs a family investments firm, according to the regents' website. Prior to that, he was CEO of Countryside Renewable Energy, a company that consolidates independent ethanol producers.
Miles graduated from Drake University before earning a Master's of Public Policy and a law degree from Harvard in 1983. This year, he concluded 11 years, three as chairman, on the Drake University Board of Trustees.
E-mail DI reporter Ben Fornell at:
benjamin-fornell@uiowa.edu
On Wednesday, the regents selected the current president pro tem to the position in a telephone meeting. His term will last from Jan. 1, 2008 to April 30, 2008, when Gartner's term would have ended.
Gartner says he will remain on the board until his term ends in 2011.
Miles led the meeting, which lasted fewer than eight minutes. Regent Bonnie Campbell nominated Miles to the presidency, and he was approved by seven regents. Miles abstained, and Gartner was traveling and unable to attend.
"Thank you," Miles said to the regents. "This is an extraordinary group of people, anyone of whom would make an excellent president."
Miles has said that he favors a relaxed style of management and that he sees himself as more of an administrator than a gatekeeper. He told the assembled regents that he will ask for their help in recommending what the regents' institutions need.
After Miles was elected, Campbell proposed a motion to state "the appreciation of the board for the leadership of Michael Gartner."
Miles added that Gartner had seen the board through the selection of two university presidents, an executive director, secured full-funding for the regents' agenda in the previous legislative session, and integrated the stations of Iowa Public Radio, among other achievements.
The motion was unanimously approved.
Regent Jenny Connolly, a graduate student in postsecondary education at the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest member of the board, said "Michael's been a great person to learn from."
Miles, who was appointed by Gov. Chet Culver in March, runs a family investments firm, according to the regents' website. Prior to that, he was CEO of Countryside Renewable Energy, a company that consolidates independent ethanol producers.
Miles graduated from Drake University before earning a Master's of Public Policy and a law degree from Harvard in 1983. This year, he concluded 11 years, three as chairman, on the Drake University Board of Trustees.
E-mail DI reporter Ben Fornell at:
benjamin-fornell@uiowa.edu
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