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M ( M l R R Y U N I V ! R S I T Y
The War Whoop
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Interim president takes over
Search underway for Shimp's replacement
Shimp says new employers
came looking for him
l him I uluni
As previously .in
nounced. Robeil Slump h.is
resigned Iroiu Ins post .is
president ol McMurry I'm
l rsitj Slump h.is lell
McM. .ind .in interim presi
dent will take over the ol
fin until .1 new piesident is
lound
'resident Slump
resigned tiom his nine year
slay .it McM to lake over .is
I euilie Duector ol the
Bull ilo Hill HistoriL.il Cen
term Cod) Wyo I he com
plc is comprised ol loin
museums and a rescued
eeulci
Accoiding to
Slump the museum oh was
not something lie sought
out hut something tli.it lie
liked the moie he learned
about it Slump had been in
highti education lot tinny
ye.us. seiving as a proles-
sor. as chief aeadeime ol-
ficer and as president ol
McM When the new pos-
sibility (.ame up. "I grabbed
it because it is so exciting
It just kind ol came out ol
now here "
Slump was con-
tacted In a search Inm The
Hullalo Hill center was lak
ing a new dueciion and they
wanted someone who had
the characteristics ol a uni-
veisity president someone
who undei stood marketing
stiategie planning.
Iiindi.usmg and duectmg
main lacets ot operation
" It also helps that
I loved lustoiv and ail"
noted Slump
Slump's sudden
movement was generated by
the center's needs
L'Ecole des Femmes
Georgette (Amy Lewis) squeees the nose of Monsiein de la
Souchc (Tyson Alexander) while Alain (Cam Haigrove) looks
on. McMurry theatre presented Moicie's L'Ecole des Femmes
(The School for Wives) March 21-23. The play was ditected by
Sarah Sheppard McM Theatre senior. Sheppard's original one-
act Redeeming Mama will tun Apul 11-13 18-20 See iclated
photo page 6.
Bob and Lynn Slump pose with a lattwell cake
at hiMcicnt !znm-awa celebration
'I hey wanted me
Match lust but 1 told them
that lc1uirv would need
some lime to adust and seek
out a new president
ccordine to
Slump the movement is not
m tespoiise to lcluirv s
recent tin.tnci.il Doubles and
asserts that McMuiry is
'healthiei now than we've
evei been It s not lb it we le
in luiancial Double we ve
lust ovei budgeted with new
investments on piogiams
and l.iciliues '
Siinilatly Slump
contends that he was in no
way pressiued to vacate (de-
position ol president ol
IcM ' In lact ' Slump
l l g
elaboiated. "ever)one was
shocked No one knew un-
til it was announced lo the
I. ic lilts and board ol duec
tors'
1 ho1 outlook loi
lcl is good ihoueli
Slump said lcl has a
stiong endowment stiong
laculty. incieasing emoll
inent. and little debt
Periodically new
leadership is good lot the
health ol a univeisity I he
new piesident will have an
oppoitunuv tow oik with the
Ho.ud to continue the path
that we've taken oi to
See Slump page 6
Hi c 111 ill Inn a
Interim
Dr Roy H Shil-
ling. Jr. has assumed the
olllee ol McMurry interim
president Shilling a McM
alumnus and president
emeritus ol Southwestern
I Diversity will serve m this
interim capacity until a new
university president is ap-
pointed and takes over
Shilling served as
Southwestern's president
lor 19 years before retiring
a lew years ago Prior to
that he was president ol
I lendrix College in Conway.
Ark.lroni 1969 to 1981
During Shilling's
lenui e as president at South-
western the university's
permanent endowment grew
lroni$ million m 1981 to
SS million placing the
school among the top insti-
tutions in the country in per
student endowment Shil-
ling is also credited with
helping the school increase
the number ol its annual
applications and its minor-
ity enrollment among other
improvements
A native ol
I nville. Okla . Shilling
graduated I mm McM in
1951 While at McM. he-
was a member ol Ko San
and several other campus
clubs At one point in his
eaieei he vvoiked as direc-
tor ol student promotion and
State of the University: a letter
to the McMurry Community
; si mi Is duxs
l m it nine us Intci mi
I'u side ill I wonted lo luin
with i mil oj sou m pa-
speilixe on the state of tin
L mt iti
I know sou join me
in e ti mini s lonuitnhi-
tion wul best wilie lo Di
wul Mis Slump ii tin pie-
pme to mine lo Coih Wm
iiiiihi wheie I'lesulent
Slump will assume lus m w
i expansibilities as Lu i utie
Dim tin oj the Ihillalo Bill
Musi urn All oj us appn 1 1-
ati the ileilualal senue
anil i omniitti tl leatli i ship
wluih both Hob anil Ln
liae ien Mi Minis oei
the suns
M lesponsibilus
as Intel mi 1'iesiiluit is to
pio tile U (tile i ship foi useil
mi pioblein soImiii; on a
ilii-to tlin basis in the Intui-
tu mix siiiiieiesiojthe Uiu-
iisit I his means we will
all sak to an;ine in ileu-sioii-inukini;
which is con-
sistent w ith I he msioii of the
l'iiiiisit as stated in the
Renaisswiie I he 2000-
2()05Stiatexicl'ltiii" Hint
xtsioii tluilli'iigcs us to po-
sition Mi Mum as one of
the finest i Inm h-ietated
libeial aits inlleiies in this
uKion in these etnh sews
oj the 21" t culms lo be
jaithful lo that ision we
is McM
yxi TlflBi li i iS&i.fci A (J-
Interim President Roy B. Shilling. Ji (.it tight)
at a press confetence with By num liets.
chairman of the Board ol Ttustces. to announce'
his installation as tempoiaty MlM duel
general assistant to the
president at McM
Shilling has also
earned a bachelor ol divin-
ity degree Irom Southern
Methodist University a
master's and a doctoral de-
gree lrom Indiana Utuvei-
sity Prom 1984-XS.
Shilling seived as president
ol the University Senate ol
The United Methodist
Church the aeciediiing
body lor the mine than 120
United Methodist Chinch
iclated institutions .kioss
the country
must loniinue to addiess
and iipdati tin plan s six
maioi lonipiiiiiiits and the
notils and stiateiiies wluih
an uli ntifii d
Most ol sou an
awaie that MiMuus was
plaied on piobalion last
Diitmbei (2001) bs the
Southern Assoi miioii of
Collciies and Uimeisiiu s
(SACS) Unit in lion Io-
nised on pluniiiin; ami as-
sessment issues and iiiinn-
In ipati d piiani ml i onsi
qui in es espeiiiiiiid in it-
i cut seats With this in
mind I w ill ui est an appio-
pimte amount of tutu Willi
Jin nils and stall i olli am s
to icsoh e the plwiimni and
assessnu nt i am ems and I
will spaid a lonsiileinble
amount oj tiim w ith mem
beis oj the lioitid of 1 1 list
ees and stiiff as we las tin
joundtitum Joi a stiom; Ji
nam ml plan Joi the next
tin ee sews of the 2000-2005
Stiateuii Vision I fulls c-
pea to see Mi Mm is min-
ing into a position oj in-
(leasing pioniinciii e as w e
icalizc the 2005 goals
the ailion bs
SACS should In tewed as
a sciious loiucin We
should look upon it how-
eci as an oppoi twins to
dcmonstinti thai the Urn
i ci sits am (pm Us oa
Alum
niong SlnlluiL --
many honois ate selection
as one o the 10(1 most d
lective Ameiican college
presidents I'eikuis Disiiu
guished Alumnus (SMI i
McMuiry Distinguished
Alumnus and Docloi ol
Humanities ( McMiurv
honoi.uy i
Dr Shilling iscin
lently seiving as Special
Counseloi to the Piesidciu
ol the AmeiicanC ouiieil ot
I dllLltlOII III W.lslllllgl.HI
D(
i tunc this whi isiix in tin
mils sun of iln 21 mi
tin s just as it has iloin
thioimhiHil soim ol tin dil
Jhiill peuods in its illustii
ous 20' minus histoix t
must i udi tlu loniiiliiu i
that ii ( ( an mini past tin m
"bumps m tin load ami
icstoii tin mini i sits in a
position ol t n nihil sin m-ili
and siialits us u look to
wind 200
Hit Vim 1 1 sits s
i hulhinii till n is to ad
diess tin issiit s ol nt w
mi ni and 1 1 ahumon nit mi
fud In St( S will to mini
liiuute a thin si in builinl
upiillhiiumpiniiiwn whn h
will lus tin Inundation ln a
stioim Imam ml pi i loi
inanii in tlu si ais uliitid
I lie liuslii s htm (idoptnl
the new thin xmi pioiiium
uimid ut pioMilmxi twills
o 1 1 thill pt nod loi tin
Unix a sits s luuhi si puoii.
ties I hi si lands will i ome
Jmm lilistt e lesnmi i s and
Jiom w hut u In In 1 1 u ; In
a ifioniiif; i ultiui ol plitlan
thropx ut this i him h n lali d
mux i isiix inspiinl bx mn
emus ifiis liom tilumni
funds will puiuits
llu picsiilciitiul
seunh is gatim; inula wax
wul I look oi wind to soim
See Shilling page 3
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