Front page article headed “Franklin & Marshall College hires new leader” reports:
“Daniel R. Porterfield, a senior vice president at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., will begin his tenure as F&M’s 15th president March 1. His transition will begin next month…
“Porterfield was awarded two of Georgetown University’s highest faculty honors, the 2010 SFS Faculty Excellence Award and the 2008 Georgetown College Edward Bunn, S.J. Award….
“As a faculty member at Georgetown, he founded two continuing justice projects that allow several hundred students a year to work with immigrant children and at-risk youth.
“He has lived with his family in a residence hall on Georgetown’s campus for more than seven years and is active in campus life.”…
WATCHDOG: Wow. The antithesis of the barbarian John Fry! Three wags of the tail, and congratulations to the F & M Trustees.
