February 22, 2012
With Presidential Hire, U. of Vermont Tests New Spouse Policy and Aims to Avert Repeat of Controversy
Toby Talbot, AP Images
E. Thomas Sullivan's wife, Leslie (left), will be the first presidential spouse subject to a new policy requiring a spouse or partner to obtain permission from the board before engaging in any volunteer university activities.
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Toby Talbot, AP Images
E. Thomas Sullivan's wife, Leslie (left), will be the first presidential spouse subject to a new policy requiring a spouse or partner to obtain permission from the board before engaging in any volunteer university activities.
University of Vermont trustees learned the hard way what a liability a presidential spouse can become, and they hired a new leader Wednesday whose wife will be subject to unusual oversight from the board.
E. Thomas Sullivan, former provost of the University of Minnesota, was named Vermont's next president on Wednesday. The job came with the notable requirement that the role of Mr. Sullivan's wife, Leslie Black Sullivan, be more clearly defined than that of any other presidential
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