Top administrator at Oakland University dies

Oakland College has misplaced a beloved supervisor.

Glenn Mcintosh, senior vice chairman of pupil affairs and chief variety officer, died on Wednesday morning. He was 62 years outdated.

“For greater than 30 years, Glenn gave every little thing he might to encourage, inspire and assist the success of everybody in our campus group,” stated Ora President Ora Hirsh Pescovitz in an announcement. “Nonetheless, in relation to the life -confirming experiences that the college expertise affords, college students at all times have a particular place within the coronary heart of our beloved colleague.”

McINTOSH served as a venture up -to -date teacher and because the founding father of the Middle for Multicultural Initiatives. He created the Tutorial Success Program of Oakland College, which continues to obtain nationwide recognition for the retention and commencement figures for under-represented college students.

He additionally created the Veterans Help Providers Workplace and the Gender and Sexuality Middle.

He was additionally energetic within the OU Athletics Division, acted as an influence, situation and vitamin coach for a lot of athletes, and performed an vital function within the NCAA Division I certification technique of the division.

McINTOSH performed a key function within the OU-Pontiac initiative of the college and contributed to organizations outdoors Oakland College, together with the American Coronary heart Affiliation, Large Brothers and the NACP.

Kevin Corcoran, retired dean of OU’s School of Arts and Sciences and former interim provost, has been working with McINTOSH on the OU-Pontiac initiative since its basis in 2014.

“Glenn was admittedly skeptical at first and I remained linked and remained concerned and linked our tutorial mission to what we did in Pontiac,” stated Corcoran. “Inside a couple of years, Glenn grew to become the face of our work in Pontiac. It grew to become a part of the establishment in a small half due to Glenn.”

The mission of the initiative is to assist the town of Pontiac promote by creating a number of ranges of experiential studying alternatives for OU.

A number of former college students posted messages on his Fb web page that seemed for his or her gratitude for a way McINTOSH had influenced their lives.

“Glenn was a constructive function mannequin for me and I’ve heard so many constructive tales from the scholars he touched in his lengthy profession at Oakland College,” wrote former pupil Andre Poplar. “You definitely left your mark on me and this world. Once I suppose of people that have made a constructive change on this world, you’re one of many folks I’ll at all times consider.”

“The inheritance of Dean McINTOSH is highly effective. As the primary black dean of scholars at Oakland College, he impressed numerous college students along with his management, integrity and compassion,” wrote former pupil efficiency Arts Tralaine Vail. “Each go to again to the campus felt full once I noticed him. He allow you to really feel like at house. Dean Mcintosh shall be deeply missed, however his affect will reside on in each life he has touched.”

“I am unable to rely the variety of instances that I’d stand and speak to Glenn and a pupil got here to his personal and put his calling card out of his calling card, wrote his cell phone quantity on the again of the cardboard and handed it to the scholar and advised you to name me at any time,” Corcoran reminded himself. “And college students who recorded him acknowledged that he meant it.”

There shall be a pupil hemgoration at 7:30 PM on Friday, September 19 at Elliott Tower on the OU -Campus.

Oakland is planning to have a college occasion on campus sooner or later and particulars will come from the administration. A reason for dying was not launched.

Initially printed: September 18, 2025 at 12:11 pm Edt