Retirement announced for President Magruder in 2012

ATSU President Jack Magruder

The ATSU Board of Trustees announced that President Jack Magruder will retire on June 30, 2012. The Board has begun a national search to find a new president to take over when he retires.

The Board has engaged the firm of R. William Funk & Associates of Dallas to conduct a nationwide search for the next president of A.T. Still University of Health Sciences. “Our goal is to have a new president in place on July 1, 2012,” said Board chair Carl G. Bynum, D.O., M.P.H.

“President Magruder has done and continues to do excellent work in moving the University forward,” said Dr. Bynum. Under his gentle and visionary leadership, ATSU has achieved many important milestones since he became president on Valentine’s Day in 2008, among them the following:

• Full 10 years’ accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission
• Administrative restructuring to reflect the fact that our two campuses are part of one institution
• Development of a university-wide strategic plan and a blueprint for assessment
• University-wide faculty, student, staff, and alumni organizations
• Considerable progress on developing a university-wide facilities plan
• Continued focus on fiscal soundness and responsibility

Dr. Bynum added, “Dr. Magruder has made a positive difference in the culture and morale of everyone at ATSU and continues to do so; he has more that he wishes to accomplish here. His commitment to student learning, to the mission and vision of the University, and to placing ATSU on an arc to preeminence will provide the next president with a solid foundation for the future.”