BU Trustee Panel Urges Goldin be Reconsidered - Questions Raised on His Temperament

Boston Globe ^ | 10/25/2003 | Marcella Bombardieri and Patrick Healy

[anymouse]

A committee of influential Boston University trustees voted yesterday to recommend that the university's governing board reconsider its decision to name former NASA chief Daniel S. Goldin as president of the 30,000-student campus, according to sources familiar with the trustees' concerns.

[anymouse]

It looks like another x42 Alumni is finding a downside to that association, once they are no longer politically useful. There are some that think Dan Goldin should be occupying a cell rather than a University President's office for his role in compromising space shuttle and space station safety.

[anymouse]

Space policy ping

[KevinDavis]

Space Ping! This is the space ping list! Let me know if you want on or off this list!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[pabianice]

Translation: This is Silber's playpen and he can stay as long as he wants and do what he wants. Good luck finding another patsy to be "president."

[ladyjane]

Silber has been there for decades and has hand picked the Trustees. Goldin can't be too smart if he thought he could push Silber out of power.

[Cincinatus]

There are some that think Dan Goldin should be occupying a cell

Only if it's a padded one.

[darth]

Goldin's behavior is unpredictable. I have been told by NASA insiders that Dan sometimes does not take his meds for bipolar disorder which can result in bizarre, violent outbursts. His tenure at NASA was marked by continual budget cuts to please the Clinton Administration. Those cuts increased the risk to the Shuttle since well known problems, e.g., the RCC leading edge, could not be fixed cheaply. The RCC leading edge was probably key to the loss of Columbia. He allowed the Station partnership with the Russians to drive ruinously expensive changes such as changing the orbit of the Station to a higher inclination. That made it easier for the Russians and much harder for our launch vehicles to get there. Morale at NASA plummeted under his command. In short, he will be remembered as a pliable sycophant of Gore who let NASA deteriorate.

[bonesmccoy]

nah, BU can keep Goldin. He'll feel totally at home and he'll be out of our hair here in California.

[Calvin Locke]

Morale at NASA plummeted under his command. ...who let NASA deteriorate.

That's my impression of Goldin.

Currently, I'm on an anti-trustee (and equivalent) rant in general.

BU's Trustees were the one off their meds for even considering Goldin beyond looking at the before/during/after shape of NASA.

[irv]

He was offered the presidency in a unanimous vote July 8, with trustee chairman Christopher A. Barreca calling him a "visionary."

Dan Goldin? This is the same guy who ran NASA twice? Mr "Faster, Better, Cheaper" and more crashable? That guy?

Calling him a visionary is like calling Benedict Arnold a patriot. Did this come from the Onion?

[RightWhale]

Goldin could manage a baseball team.

[anymouse]

Washington Post/AP article: Misgivings at Boston University - Some Trustees Urge New Look at Choice of Goldin

Second Boston Globe article: Goldin backing said to erode - Power struggle seen at BU

Boston Herald article: BU board: president pick may be unsuitable: Trustees to reconsider NASA chief

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

Related thread: Will Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly do anything about Dan Goldin's recent $1.7 million dollar severance package and the aerospace lobbyist / Boston U. board member Gerald Cassidy who brought this on tuition payers and taxpayers?

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

Dan Goldin orders YOU not to click the related thread below: Related thread: Will Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly do anything about Dan Goldin's recent $1.7 million dollar severance package, and especially the aerospace lobbyist / Boston U. board member Gerald Cassidy who brought this on tuition payers and U.S. taxpayers that subsidize B.U. (and most other universities nationwide)?

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

Here's a brand new, related thread discussing punitive actions that are being taken (and in some cases NOT taken, for now):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1022819/posts