November 22, 2009

Mom's the President, and I'm Outta Here

Mom's the President, and I'm Outta Here 1

Mark Umstot

Will Jeffery (left) and his mom, President Pamela A. Eibeck

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Mark Umstot

Will Jeffery (left) and his mom, President Pamela A. Eibeck

By Emma L. Carew

As Will Jeffery zeroed in on where he would attend college last spring, he concluded that the University of the Pacific was his dream school. That is, until his mother was hired as the president.

"He tried to be happy for me," says Pamela A. Eibeck. "But I still remember him looking at me and saying, 'You know, Mom, you ruined it for me.'"

Ms. Eibeck, 52, learned of the position while looking at Pacific's Web site with her son. At the time, she was dean of engineering at Texas

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