Elrod interview

[Begin Tape 1, Side 2]
Warren: I've got to say this has been one of the most efficient interviews I've ever
done. You are terrific. Is there anything that you would like to say on the subject that
I haven't asked you about, first of all? And secondly, I want you to give me a
promise that I can come back in about a year and talk about what it's been like to be
president for a year.
Elrod: Okay. You're certainly welcome back anytime. Is there anything else that I
would like to say? We've just completed the search for my successor.
Warren: Really?

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Elrod: Yes. It will be announced on Monday, but I can't do it today. But that's not
really where I'm heading with this remark. We began this search last June. Actually,
it was not last June; it was last April, May. But I realized very early on how much l-
and I enjoyed it more and more as the search went along, of going to these Search
Committee meetings. It was the high point of my day, and I realized it was because
the Search Committee was a committee of faculty. It was just great fun for me to be
back with my colleagues or with the faculty, talking with them about a very
important issue. This is a wonderful job that I have, there's no doubt about it, one of
the best jobs in American higher education, and I am devoted to my administrative
colleagues and the Board of Trustees and the alumni, with whom I'm working, and
I will continue to see the faculty, but I won't work with them on a day-to-day basis
the way that I did as dean. They're just a great group of people, and I'll miss that.
That will be the one thing I think I'll miss, is my contact with my colleagues on the
faculty, my routine and daily and workmanlike contact. I will see them often, but it
won't be the same for me.
Warren: I can appreciate what you're saying. I can imagine when I get past this
interviewing phase that I'm going to miss doing this, because I get to meet and hear
the thoughts of so many interesting people doing this.
Elrod: Yes.
Warren: I thank you for your time.
Elrod: It's been my pleasure.
Warren: No, it's been my pleasure. Let's have an argument. [Laughter]
Elrod: [Laughter] Okay.
[End of interview]

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