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State lawmakers urge open, national search for LSU president
Summary
State representative Dixon McMakin presented a letter from LSU alumni in the legislature asking the board to run a national, open and transparent search for LSU's next president; the letter was described as cosigned by roughly 40 legislators.
State Representative Dixon McMakin told the Board of Supervisors that a bloc of LSU alumni serving in the Louisiana Legislature has asked the board to conduct a national, open and transparent search for the university's next president.
McMakin said the state legislature currently includes a large number of LSU graduates and that the alumni-legislators circulated a letter addressed to Chairman Ballard and the board before the board announced its search committee. "The search for LSU's next president presents a defining moment that warrants a national, open, transparent process that will reinforce confidence in our institution's trajectory," McMakin said. He said the letter was cosigned by nearly 40 members of the legislature.
McMakin commended Chairman Ballard's 20-person search committee and thanked the legislature's leadership and staff for recent support of LSU. He urged the board to ensure the next president is both "qualified, but inspired to build on LSU's legacy." The comments were delivered during the board's opening remarks prior to committee sessions; no formal board action on the search was recorded in the transcript during this meeting.
The board later recessed to committee work, and McMakin's remarks were entered into the meeting record as part of the public statements to the board.
