Monday, September 29, 2008

Art Center president controversy: game over!

Richard Koshalek is not longer the Art Center College of Design President, he steps down after the long and stressing controversy he faced up with the school students and part of school stuff and faculty.

Press Release
September 2008

Richard Koshalek has stepped down as president of Art Center College of Design, where he became a lame duck in June after trustees of the elite Pasadena school refused his request for a four-year contract extension. They also suspended fundraising and development for an expansion program Koshalek had championed, including a $50-million Frank Gehry-designed high-tech design center and library.

Art Center's board announced that it had reached an agreement with Koshalek to let him depart now instead of ...please click the link below to continue reading full Press Release.

http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=21196

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