This is an archived UW-P news item,
originally posted: 2/5/2004.
Campus "losing a friend" with retirement of Lyall
UW System President Katharine Lyall Announces Retirement
MADISON-University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall announced her retirement at a press conference in Madison today (Feb. 4), marking the end of one of the longest and most productive presidencies in the history of the UW System.
To view the entire UW System news release on President Lyall's retirement, please click the link on the left of your screen.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Chancellor John Keating reacted to the announcement by saying the campus was losing a friend and praising Lyall's dynamic leadership. The following article by Kenosha News reporter John Krerowicz appeared in the Feb. 5 issue of the paper. It is reproduced here with permission.
Lyall helped Parkside grow, Chancellor Keating says
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside will lose a friend with the retirement of the university system's president.
(UW-)Parkside Chancellor John Keating said on Wednesday that UW System President Katherine C. Lyall, who hired him some five years ago, has been supportive of the local campus.
"When I came here, Parkside had enrollment and other problems, and those seem to be resolved with her encouragement," he said. "She has been supportive in ways to help Parkside flourish.
"She saw Parkside as one of the growing stars in the university system. I'm sad to see her go."
The chancellor agreed that Lyall was an administrator who brought cohesiveness to a system that had some 15 independent campuses.
"She was the one who advanced that idea and was the foundation of it," Keating said.
Keating said he didn't anticipate major changes for Parkside when Lyall leaves.
"I do anticipate changes because the Board of Regents will be charting the future of the university system," Keating said.
"That is an ongoing study by the board, which will look at further ways to collaborate and effectively use our resources."
Publish date: 2/5/2004
