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Ramapo College Wants Trenton to Stay Out of Its Presidential Search
By ROBERT HANLEY

Published: December 18, 2004

MAHWAH, N.J., Dec. 17 - The campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey here is bubbling with resentment over the perception that former Gov. James E. McGreevey and now his successor, Richard J. Codey, have tried to hand-pick the school's next president.

A mix of professors, students and some trustees are grumbling that Trenton has been meddling in the search for a new president of the public liberal arts college and is trying to engineer the selection of a veteran state legislator, Joseph V. Doria, who is also the mayor of Bayonne and a former administrator of St. Peter's College in Jersey City.

Mr. Doria's candidacy was endorsed by Mr. Codey, the acting governor, in a phone call in mid-November to the president of the board of trustees, Gail P. Brady. He was rejected by the college's presidential search commission later that month when it selected six semifinalists from 90 candidates.

But many here are fretting that Mr. Doria's name will be revived at a January meeting of Ramapo's board of trustees.

The 12-member board is controlled by seven members appointed in recent weeks by Mr. McGreevey and Mr. Codey - the last two in the past week.

"I basically feel we're fighting for the soul of the college and the principle of academic process and the integrity of the process," said Clifford E. Peterson, a professor of international politics at Ramapo.

Early this month, the faculty assembly, which represents Ramapo's 170 professors, voted 87 to 4 to endorse the search committee's work and the semifinalists it chose, said the group's president, Kathleen Fowler, a professor of literature.

Ms. Fowler said she was concerned about "external pressures" and "outside interference" with the search.

Last week, student leaders said they sent Mr. Codey and all state legislators petitions, signed by 2,250 of the school's 5,600 students, complaining about Mr. Codey's phone call to Ms. Brady.

"We're concerned there is a political intrusion in the search process," Anthony Dovi, the president of the student government association, said earlier this week. "Our goal is to get the legislators to understand we can choose our own president."

On Thursday, the faculty sent Mr. Codey a letter expressing concern with his endorsing Mr. Doria and asking that he meet with an ad hoc committee of three professors, including Mr. Peterson and Ms. Fowler. The letter said the professors wanted to "clear the air, discuss the issue as reasonable people, and eliminate any misconceptions that may have clouded the issue."

Mr. Codey said in an interview on Friday he is willing to talk to the three professors. As for his phone conversation with Ms. Brady, he said he did not consider it meddling in Ramapo's selection process. He said again that he considers Mr. Doria a friend and that he would make a "great president" at Ramapo. He said he won't be making any more calls to college officials about the matter. "Whatever happens there will happen," he said.

Mr. Doria, 58, served in the New Jersey Assembly from 1980 to 2003 and was speaker of that body in 1990 and 1991. Last month, he was elected to the State Senate. He has been Bayonne's mayor since 1998.

He graduated from St. Peter's College in 1968, received a master's degree in American studies from Boston College in 1969 and then began a long career at St. Peter's. He served as an adjunct instructor in history and urban studies from 1969 to 1998 and also as director of human resources from 1972 to 1998. In 2000, he received a doctorate from the Teachers College at Columbia University.

One theory making the rounds at Ramapo is that Mr. McGreevey wanted the Ramapo presidency for Mr. Doria to settle an old political debt. When Democrats regained control of the Assembly in 2001, many thought Mr. Doria would be named the speaker again. But in a surprise, Mr. McGreevey chose a freshman assemblyman, Albio Sires, the mayor of West New York, N.J. Efforts to reach former aides to Mr. McGreevey on Friday were unsuccessful.

Whether the i.o.u. theory is true is unclear. The president of St. Peter's, the Rev. James N. Loughran, a Jesuit, said that he nominated Mr. Doria for the Ramapo post. He said he proposed Mr. Doria on his own after a consultant to Ramapo's search committee wrote him, asking if he cared to nominate anyone.

"Joe Doria is a well-educated man," Father Loughran said. "He knows how a college works. He's unbelievable in his ability to get things done."

Mr. Doria's chief of staff in Bayonne, Joseph Waks, said Mr. Doria was interviewed twice by the Ramapo search committee before it chose others as semifinalists. "Obviously, the committee made its decision," Mr. Waks said. "He has no control over the process. At this point, it's moot."

Mr. Codey's phone call to Ms. Brady, the president of the trustee board, is one of several factors that appears to have fueled anxieties about outside meddling. Another is selection of the seven new trustees to fill seats that became vacant since the summer.

Ms. Brady said the McGreevey and Codey administrations broke tradition in selecting of the trustees by ignoring the college's recommendations. The other issue involves an effort earlier this month by one of the new trustees, Esther Suarez, the Bergen County counsel, to stop the search process.

In her first meeting as a trustee, Ms. Suarez offered a resolution asking for the halt. The resolution failed, but the uproar about meddling increased.

In an interview Ms. Suarez denied that she wanted the search stopped to revive the Doria candidacy. The real reason, she said, was that the search committee did not have six trustees on it, as required. She said her motives have been misrepresented in some news media accounts.

"My intent here was not to be involved in political mayhem," Ms. Suarez said.

The search committee plans to narrow the number of semifinalists to two or three candidates next week and send those names to the board for selection of a new president, Ms. Brady said.

Ms. Suarez was asked if the board planned to vote on the search committee's recommendations or take some other action.

"I don't even want to speculate," she said.

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: Ramapo College Wants Trenton to Stay Out of Its Presidential Search
: By ROBERT HANLEY

: Published: December 18, 2004
:
: MAHWAH, N.J., Dec. 17 - The campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey here is bubbling with resentment over the perception that former Gov. James E. McGreevey and now his successor, Richard J. Codey, have tried to hand-pick the school's next president.

: A mix of professors, students and some trustees are grumbling that Trenton has been meddling in the search for a new president of the public liberal arts college and is trying to engineer the selection of a veteran state legislator, Joseph V. Doria, who is also the mayor of Bayonne and a former administrator of St. Peter's College in Jersey City.

: Mr. Doria's candidacy was endorsed by Mr. Codey, the acting governor, in a phone call in mid-November to the president of the board of trustees, Gail P. Brady. He was rejected by the college's presidential search commission later that month when it selected six semifinalists from 90 candidates.

: But many here are fretting that Mr. Doria's name will be revived at a January meeting of Ramapo's board of trustees.

: The 12-member board is controlled by seven members appointed in recent weeks by Mr. McGreevey and Mr. Codey - the last two in the past week.

: "I basically feel we're fighting for the soul of the college and the principle of academic process and the integrity of the process," said Clifford E. Peterson, a professor of international politics at Ramapo.

: Early this month, the faculty assembly, which represents Ramapo's 170 professors, voted 87 to 4 to endorse the search committee's work and the semifinalists it chose, said the group's president, Kathleen Fowler, a professor of literature.

: Ms. Fowler said she was concerned about "external pressures" and "outside interference" with the search.

: Last week, student leaders said they sent Mr. Codey and all state legislators petitions, signed by 2,250 of the school's 5,600 students, complaining about Mr. Codey's phone call to Ms. Brady.

: "We're concerned there is a political intrusion in the search process," Anthony Dovi, the president of the student government association, said earlier this week. "Our goal is to get the legislators to understand we can choose our own president."

: On Thursday, the faculty sent Mr. Codey a letter expressing concern with his endorsing Mr. Doria and asking that he meet with an ad hoc committee of three professors, including Mr. Peterson and Ms. Fowler. The letter said the professors wanted to "clear the air, discuss the issue as reasonable people, and eliminate any misconceptions that may have clouded the issue."

: Mr. Codey said in an interview on Friday he is willing to talk to the three professors. As for his phone conversation with Ms. Brady, he said he did not consider it meddling in Ramapo's selection process. He said again that he considers Mr. Doria a friend and that he would make a "great president" at Ramapo. He said he won't be making any more calls to college officials about the matter. "Whatever happens there will happen," he said.

: Mr. Doria, 58, served in the New Jersey Assembly from 1980 to 2003 and was speaker of that body in 1990 and 1991. Last month, he was elected to the State Senate. He has been Bayonne's mayor since 1998.

: He graduated from St. Peter's College in 1968, received a master's degree in American studies from Boston College in 1969 and then began a long career at St. Peter's. He served as an adjunct instructor in history and urban studies from 1969 to 1998 and also as director of human resources from 1972 to 1998. In 2000, he received a doctorate from the Teachers College at Columbia University.

: One theory making the rounds at Ramapo is that Mr. McGreevey wanted the Ramapo presidency for Mr. Doria to settle an old political debt. When Democrats regained control of the Assembly in 2001, many thought Mr. Doria would be named the speaker again. But in a surprise, Mr. McGreevey chose a freshman assemblyman, Albio Sires, the mayor of West New York, N.J. Efforts to reach former aides to Mr. McGreevey on Friday were unsuccessful.

: Whether the i.o.u. theory is true is unclear. The president of St. Peter's, the Rev. James N. Loughran, a Jesuit, said that he nominated Mr. Doria for the Ramapo post. He said he proposed Mr. Doria on his own after a consultant to Ramapo's search committee wrote him, asking if he cared to nominate anyone.

: "Joe Doria is a well-educated man," Father Loughran said. "He knows how a college works. He's unbelievable in his ability to get things done."

: Mr. Doria's chief of staff in Bayonne, Joseph Waks, said Mr. Doria was interviewed twice by the Ramapo search committee before it chose others as semifinalists. "Obviously, the committee made its decision," Mr. Waks said. "He has no control over the process. At this point, it's moot."

: Mr. Codey's phone call to Ms. Brady, the president of the trustee board, is one of several factors that appears to have fueled anxieties about outside meddling. Another is selection of the seven new trustees to fill seats that became vacant since the summer.

: Ms. Brady said the McGreevey and Codey administrations broke tradition in selecting of the trustees by ignoring the college's recommendations. The other issue involves an effort earlier this month by one of the new trustees, Esther Suarez, the Bergen County counsel, to stop the search process.

: In her first meeting as a trustee, Ms. Suarez offered a resolution asking for the halt. The resolution failed, but the uproar about meddling increased.

: In an interview Ms. Suarez denied that she wanted the search stopped to revive the Doria candidacy. The real reason, she said, was that the search committee did not have six trustees on it, as required. She said her motives have been misrepresented in some news media accounts.

: "My intent here was not to be involved in political mayhem," Ms. Suarez said.

: The search committee plans to narrow the number of semifinalists to two or three candidates next week and send those names to the board for selection of a new president, Ms. Brady said.

: Ms. Suarez was asked if the board planned to vote on the search committee's recommendations or take some other action.

: "I don't even want to speculate," she said.

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