Dodge Chancellor
May 2, 2008
DODGE TAKES OVER AS CHANCELLOR JULY FIRST.
THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF CANADA HAS LANDED A NEW JOB, IN KINGSTON.
DAVID DODGE HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE 13TH CHANCELLOR OF QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY.
HE TAKES OVER FROM CHARLES BAILLIE, WHO HAS HELD THE POST SINCE 2002.
DODGE WILL FILL THE LARGELY CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS -- PRESIDING OVER CONVOCATIONS AND OTHER UNIVERSITY CEREMONIES.
IT IS A HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR DODGE , WHO GRADUATED FROM QUEEN'S WITH A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS, AND LATER TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY BEFORE HEADING TO OTTAWA.
DAVID DODGE "ONE OF THE ROLES OF CHANCELLOR IS TO CHAIR THE SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR A NEW PRINCIPAL SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS FIRST PRIORITY FOR THE FALL OF THIS YEAR TO DO THAT. BUT THEN BEYOND THAT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. BOTH ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE AND ON THE BUILDING SIDE, ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUEEN'S AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO ONE WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY ENGAGED I WOULD THINK.
