Chancellor of U. System of Georgia to Retire

October 7, 2010, 3:07 pm

Erroll B. Davis Jr., who has led the University System of Georgia since 2006, today announced that he would retire when his five-year contract expires next June. In announcing his departure he cited his contract and the need for his successor to establish a relationship with the state’s next governor. (Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, is ineligible to seek another term.) Mr. Davis, a former energy executive, earned plaudits for bringing business efficiencies to the 35-institution system during several years of tight budgets. Recently he received negative publicity over his long tenure on BP’s Board of Directors, a spot he relinquished shortly before the company’s April oil-rig accident.

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4 Responses to Chancellor of U. System of Georgia to Retire

cerebellum - October 7, 2010 at 3:38 pm

I will be sad to see Chancellor Davis retire. He’s done a great job!

samusa - October 7, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Mr. Davis did not understand much about educational institutions. He has been the most ineffective chancellor that I have seen during 3 decades of my service with the Univ. System of GA. Only good thing that came out is that he streamlined the business practices moving most decision-making at the institution level thus reducing the “paper work.” Perhaps, he did that because of his hands off administrative style.

11223435 - October 8, 2010 at 10:34 am

OK, but can’t he leave sooner?

gaprofessor - October 9, 2010 at 6:27 am

Davis was hired to be a political hack for which he excelled. As many predicted when he was hired he regularly demonstrated his fundamental ignorance of higher education. Should we be surprised–likely the last time he was on a campus was when he was an undergraduate. Morale, quality of education, and generally every other measure of this university system–except butts in seats, has eroded during his tenure. The streamlined business practices–what a joke–$50 of paperwork to purchase $10 of supplies. P-cards–another joke and the instruction manual is literally >50 pages long. Mainly documenting all of the ways employees can be thrown in jail for so called misuse. Good riddance.