Oakland University awards former administrators emeritus status

Oakland College misplaced a beloved director final month, however desires to proceed his legacy by posthumously granting him emeritus standing.

Glenn McIntosh, senior vp of scholar affairs and chief variety officer, died on September 17. He was 62 years previous.

“With this request for emeritus standing, I wish to transfer us from the unhappiness all of us really feel to a way of delight in honoring and celebrating Glenn’s life and legacy at our college,” OU President Ora Hirsh Pescovitz wrote in a letter requesting emeritus standing. “I need his dedication to service, kindness and unwavering dedication to our neighborhood to proceed to shine by means of all of us and hold his reminiscence alive.”

“He was as genuine as you will get and a fantastic buddy, and I will miss him,” stated Trustee Dennis Muchmore.

Every member of the board of trustees shared their recollections of McIntosh earlier than unanimously approving him for the rank of emeritus.

“Once I obtained the decision from my colleague Trina Scott that he had handed away, I used to be in shock as a result of I could not think about my life with out Glenn McIntosh,” stated Trustee Stefen Welch. “It is an enormous gap that all of us share and we’ll get by means of this collectively, however I’ll by no means be capable of overlook what he did for me as a person.”

“He was that voice of knowledge that pushed us to dream deeper, assume critically, love deeply and always remember the place we got here from,” stated Vice President Trina Scott. “He understood that schooling was greater than levels and school rooms, it was about transformation, tradition and neighborhood.”