Following a turbulent summer, Texas A&M turns to Mark Welsh III
The former Bush school dean and four-star general is believed by many to be the right person to move the university forward after controversies over the summer.
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The former Bush school dean and four-star general is believed by many to be the right person to move the university forward after controversies over the summer.
As the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents considers naming the former dean and four-star general as the sole finalist for president, many believe Welsh is the right person to move the university forward after a pair of controversies bruised the school’s morale.
Welsh retired from the Air Force in 2016 at the end of a 40-year military career.
Less than a day after Blaze Media reported on the university’s defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order, some references to diversity requirements in hiring disappeared.
Texas A&M’s Board of Regents named A&M’s interim president, Ret. Gen. Mark Welsh III, the sole finalist for the university’s open president position during a special telephonic meeting Friday morning.