Our Governor took notice and asked us to oversee the state response efforts, as did national organizations who recognized the unprecedented university, community and state teamwork, writes Richard Carmona.
Being a president of a major land grant university is extraordinarily challenging, and in this case might be literally characterized as herding the cats, Wildcats that is! From academics, administration, and astronomy to zoonoses with shared governance that is expected, this is a leadership position that requires the patience of Job, the heart of a parent, the humility of Mother Theresa, the diplomacy of Benjamin Franklin, and at times, the wisdom of a god.
People are also reading… The organizational structure necessary to efficiently and effectively harness the exceptional intellectual property of diverse faculty, staff and community members is the Incident Command System. This system is over a half century old and first began when multiple first responders would arrive at major events such as natural or manmade catastrophic challenges.
Through innovation and relentless pursuit of best practices, our university continued to educate safely, our athletes successfully competed and equally important, our university, community and state directly benefited by Bobby’s leadership and sharing of university resources. Our Governor took notice and asked us to oversee the state response efforts, as did national organizations who recognized the unprecedented university, community and state teamwork. That teamwork continues today as an example of a leader with a vision who subordinated his own interests for the greater good of all.
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