Posted on 12/07/2007 1:59:55 PM PST by Racehorse
Elsa A. Murano, vice chancellor at Texas A&M since 2005, has been named the sole finalist to become president of the university. She would be the school’s first female president.
“We have a world-class individual who’s going to lead this world-class institution forward,” said Regent John White.
Murano was named sole finalist this afternoon by the A&M system board of regents. The vote was 8-1 with Regent Gene Stallings opposed.
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From October 2001 through 2004, Murano was under secretary for food safety with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As the highest-ranking food safety official in the U.S. government, she provided oversight and direction for the 10,000 employees of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, working to improve public health through the application of science in policy decisions, according to the school’s Web site.
(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
Lefty??
Well at least she will be able to work with the heifers that attend that place....
Meadow Muffin
LOL!
Well, isn’t that stylish? It’s on the front page above the fold when they’re appointed. You’ll find it on page A18 in the bottom corner when they run the institution into the ground, leave the job “to spend more time with family”, and surface a month later working as an executive in a mid-size company like nothing ever happened.
I am suprised they aren't pushing the hispanic angle.
Since this is my first time here, I would like to introduce myself to you. I am a native of Havana, Cuba. My family and I emigrated to the United States 40 years ago. So many of my compatriots have lost their lives in shark-infested waters, seeking the very freedom and opportunities that led to my being here today. So as a Cuban-American, I thank the United States, my adopted country, for being the beacon of liberty for the world. Statement of Dr. Elsa Murano...
"Adopted country"? Does that mean she's a U.S. citizen or does she see herself as a hyphenated American, Cuban first?
So having two X chromosomes and sitting behind a desk in a govt. organization that essentially runs itself is qualification for this job, which is equivalent in most ways to being a corporate CEO? Good luck, hope that works out.
Dr. Murano, a native of Havana, Cuba, is the first Hispanic American to have served as Under Secretary for Food Safety at USDA. She will also be the first Hispanic American, and first woman to serve in her new position at Texas A&M University.
The only way she could be more affirmative-action is if she shows up in a wheelchair.
From your first link:
"It has been an incredible privilege and an honor to serve this President and my fellow Americans . . ."
""I am extremely excited to be going back home to Texas and to once again be part of the Texas A&M family. I am very much looking forward to the opportunities that lie ahead, and to working with the faculty, staff, students, and many stakeholders within Texas, to ensure that our research, teaching, and extension programs in the agricultural and life sciences are second to none, in total fulfillment of the university's mission as a land-grant university."
Sounds about right to me. Hope it turns out to be so.
You just described Hillary's entire campaign platform.
From what I understand, she is a good Conservative, immigrated from Cuba.
Or, by the dictionary definition, she wasn't born here, but she is part of our family now. Why do people always think the worst first?
According to whitehouse.gov: From 1995 until assuming her current post, Elsa Murano held several positions with Texas A&M University. Most recently, she served as the director of the university's Center for Food Safety within the Institute of Food Science and Engineering. She held the position of the Center for Food Safety's associate director from 1995 to 1997. Elsa served as a professor-in-charge of research programs at the Linear Accelerator Facility at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa from 1992 to 1995. She is a graduate of Florida International University. Elsa also holds a M.S. degree in anaerobic microbiology and a Ph.D. in food science and technology, both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
...and for icing on the cake, the lefty groups really, really hate her:
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/foodsafety/food_irrad/articles.cfm?ID=4905
Dr. Murano. Thank you, Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Lugar, distinguished members of the committee, but there is nobody else here except the two of you. I am greatly honored and humbled to appear before you today as President Bush's nominee for Under Secretary for Food Safety at the United States Department of Agriculture. I would like to publicly thank the President and Secretary Ann Veneman for their support and for their trust in nominating me for this position.
I am a native of Havana, Cuba. My family and I emigrated to the United States about 40 years ago. As a Cuban American, I can proclaim to you without hesitation that we live in the greatest country on the face of the Earth. America opened her arms to Cubans fleeing Castro's regime, allowing me the incredible opportunities that have led to my appearing before you today.
On behalf of my family and countless Cuban Americans, I thank the United States of America, my country, for standing up for freedom and for the generosity and indomitable spirit of her people.
It was 1961 when my parents, my brother George and I left our homeland, settling in Puerto Rico, where I attended an elementary school. A few years later, we moved to Miami, Florida, where I worked my way through school, graduating with a B.S. in biology from Florida International University.
She gives a pretty detailed account but no mention of becoming a citizen.
She does say "my country". Still no mention of the day she took the oath of citizenship which is usually something most immigrants mention with pride.
Just wondering....
I didn't say it was bad. I just wondered. And, still wonder.
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