BALDWIN CITY – Lynne Murray, vice president of development and alumni and international relations at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., will be the 29th president of Baker University. Her selection was announced this morning at Baker. She will succeed Pat Long, who is retiring June 30. “Dr. Murray will bring energy and new perspectives to Baker and is fully committed to strengthening our ability to provide a high-touch, high-impact education,” said Rich Howell, chair of the Baker University Board of Trustees. “She brings significant experience in such key areas as fundraising, revenue generation, strategic planning, fiscal management, alumni and community engagement, partnership building, and reputation enhancement. Moreover, she possesses the kind of student-centered vision that lies at the core of the Baker identity.” At Gallaudet, Murray helped set the strategic direction for the university, fiscal management and raising private funds for the institution. She helped raise more than $79 million to support scholarships, faculty excellence and academic programs. Murray has also worked at Georgetown University, where she was a key leader in the development and implementation of the 1789 Scholarship Imperative to raise $500 million by 2014. As a senior director for advancement, she helped raise $317 million in total gifts from 2008 to 2010. Before Georgetown, Murray worked at Johns Hopkins in corporate and community relations and as the director for Youth Service America, where she was recognized in 1994 by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton for her leadership in creating awareness for youth service. “I am delighted to become Baker’s next president,” Murray said. “I was immediately drawn to Baker because of the excellence of its faculty, staff, and students and because of its regional distinction in academics, nursing, education and athletics. I believe the trajectory that Baker is on, built by the community and President Long, is one that I can advance working with academic leaders and esteemed faculty members.”
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