New VP of Development and Alumni

[PSUCRUX11]

Penn State development and alumni staff were informed today that O. Richard Bundy III will replace Rod Kirsch as Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations. It will be official after a vote by the BOT on November 4.

Bundy is a PSU alum (Thank God!) and comes from the University of Vermont. His announcement for that position can be found here https://prod.drup-lb.uvm.edu/newsst...ce_president_development_and_alumni_relations.

 

[ThePennsyOracle]

I take it this is Blue Band Richard Bundy's son?

 

[PSUCRUX11]

I take it this is Blue Band Richard Bundy's son?

Yup

 

[Obliviax]

???

 

[BobPSU92]

The son of retired Blue Band Director Dr. Richard Bundy. If he is anything like his father, he will be a positive addition to the university.

EDIT: I see that others already jumped on the father-son angle.

 

[bjf1991]

Penn State development and alumni staff were informed today that O. Richard Bundy III will replace Rod Kirsch as Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations. It will be official after a vote by the BOT on November 4.

Bundy is a PSU alum (Thank God!) and comes from the University of Vermont. His announcement for that position can be found here https://prod.drup-lb.uvm.edu/newsst...ce_president_development_and_alumni_relations.

FWIW - most of the most awful, harmful folks to PSU........have been and continue to be , folks who are Alums

 

[PSUCRUX11]

FWIW - most of the most awful, harmful folks to PSU........have been and continue to be , folks who are Alums

Agreed. However, Barron, Sandy, Franklin, Clifford, Steele who are all nonalums all act as the "face" of the University. It will be nice to at least have one face who is an alum.

 

[bjf1991]

Agreed. However, Barron, Sandy, Franklin, Clifford, Steele who are all nonalums all act as the "face" of the University. It will be nice to at least have one face who is an alum.

How sad that the best "face" of PSU - as was also the case for most of the last 50 years - is a "non-alum" Football Coach (thank good ness we at least got that )

 

[PSUCRUX11]

How sad that the best "face" of PSU - as was also the case for most of the last 50 years - is a "non-alum" Football Coach (thank good ness we at least got that )

The difference between that face and these faces is that that face was devoted to furthering the University and these faces are devoted to furthering themselves. They throw around "We Are" like they get it, but they never will. I am hoping (albeit naively) that an alum will at least know what it means when we say, "We Are."

 

[LafayetteBear]

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Al Bundy.

 

[Tweedbear]

At least being an alum is no longer a detriment to being hired by the University. There are some positions that logically require a qualified alum.

 

[Evan Ceg]

Penn State's announcement:

http://news.psu.edu/story/433620/20...undy-iii-named-vice-president-development-and

I wish Bundy well and expect him to be successful, but I don't think any position at Penn State is always best handled by a qualified alum. I simply want the best person available. To suggest that you can't "get" Penn State unless you're an alum is nonsense.

 

[BobPSU92]

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Al Bundy.

We already have one -- 21 gums.

 

[BobPSU92]

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Al Bundy.

It could have been Ted Bundy.

 

[LafayetteBear]

Or Jonathan Lamar Bundy. (Ahh, the wonders of Google.)

http://bailbondcity.com/alabama/aldoc-inmate-BUNDY/00296922

 

[Aoshiro]

Penn State's announcement:

http://news.psu.edu/story/433620/20...undy-iii-named-vice-president-development-and

I wish Bundy well and expect him to be successful, but I don't think any position at Penn State is always best handled by a qualified alum. I simply want the best person available. To suggest that you can't "get" Penn State unless you're an alum is nonsense.

That's probably true of a lot of administrative positions. But if you're in charge of "alumni relations" you probably ought to be an alumni.