{"id":3437,"date":"2008-07-08T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/mcdonough-wont-take-the-reins-at-nmsu-after-all\/"},"modified":"2008-07-08T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T20:12:00","slug":"mcdonough-wont-take-the-reins-at-nmsu-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/mcdonough-wont-take-the-reins-at-nmsu-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonough won&#8217;t take the reins at NMSU after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SHPKe9fL19I\/AAAAAAAAGJU\/ULM4U79WC1k\/s1600-h\/Mcdonough,+James.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SHPKe9fL19I\/AAAAAAAAGJU\/ULM4U79WC1k\/s200\/Mcdonough,+James.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220739026302785490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmsu.edu\/%7Eucomm\/Releases\/2008\/june\/interim_mcdonough.htm\" target=\"_blank\">James McDonough<\/a> won\u2019t be <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype st=\"on\">State<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>\u2019s interim president after all, the university announced today in a news release.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">McDonough\u2019s withdrawal is due to a health concern he wasn\u2019t aware of when he accepted the job last month, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/081341307-08-08.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>, which was quoting from the news release. No other details were released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\">\u201cJim\u2019s health is of the utmost importance to all of us,\u201d Regent Bob Gallagher stated in the news release. \u201cHe will remain in our thoughts and we wish him well.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\">The regents will reconsider candidates for the interim job at their July 14 retreat in Mescalero, according to the news release. They may announce a new interim president at their meeting on July 15.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\">Before selecting McDonough, the regents considered several candidates. The only other candidate named publicly was Business College Dean and former Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/business.nmsu.edu\/facultystaff\/dean\/carruthers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Garrey Carruthers<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"popup\">McDonough was to have started his job on July 1. He would have been paid $25,000 per month to temporarily replace <a href=\"http:\/\/nmsu.edu\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Martin<\/a>, who is leaving on July 31 to take the job of chancellor at <st1:placename st=\"on\">Louisiana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">State<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype>\u2019s main campus in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Baton Rouge<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. The regents are still planning to conduct a national search with the hope of installing a new president by the beginning of 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James McDonough won\u2019t be New Mexico State University\u2019s interim president after all, the university announced today in a news release. McDonough\u2019s withdrawal is due to a health concern he wasn\u2019t aware of when he accepted the job last month, according to the Albuquerque Journal, which was quoting from the news release. No other details were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}