The emergency meeting for the UNC Board of Governor’s has one item on the agenda: naming a new president.
Current President Erskine Bowles announced in February he was retiring at the end of 2010. Bowles has led the UNC System for five years. Thomas Ross has been the president of Davidson College since 2007.
Anonymous sources told the Technician Thomas Ross is going to be named the new president at Thursday’s meeting.
Stephanie Parker, assistant to the chancellor for communications, said Chancellor Randy Woodson could not confirm anything about the reports.
“The Chancellor can’t confirm anything about those reports because it hasn’t been voted on yet.” Parker said. “The Board of Governors meeting is at 11 in the morning.”
According to Ross’ biography on Davidson College’s website, he graduated from Davidson College in 1972. After his graduation from Davidson, he attended the University of North Carolina School of Law where he earned his law degree.
After working in Washington, D.C. as chief of staff of a congressional office for one year, Governor Jim Hunt appointed Ross as Superior Court Judge. Ross held this position for seventeen years.
Ross has been married to Susan Donaldson Ross since 1972. The couple has two children, Mary Kathryn Elkins and Thomas W. Ross, Jr., who are both graduates of Davidson College.
