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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 9, 2001

Herbert to head school's new public policy center

TALLAHASSEE -- State University System Chancellor Adam Herbert will return to the University of North Florida next month as the executive director of a newly created center for public policy.

Herbert, who announced his resignation in January after three years as chancellor, will be paid $240,000 in the first year of his new job, which is 10 percent less than his present salary. He is returning to a university he served as president from 1989 to 1998, before being named chancellor.

The new department will be named the Florida Center for Public Policy and Leadership Development. It will focus on education, the environment, criminal justice, health care and other urban and metropolitan issues.

Herbert begins his new assignment March 2.

Herbert, 57, was opposed to many of the changes being proposed for Florida's education system, including the Legislature's intention to abolish the Board of Regents.

Lawmakers also ignored Herbert's recommendations when they decided last year to create two new and expensive law schools for Florida A&M and Florida International universities and a medical school at Florida State University.

FAMU to pick from three to head new law school

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida A&M University's law school dean search committee has narrowed its list of 17 candidates to three.

Interviews begin Sunday at FAMU for Bryant Adamson, an assistant dean at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Ohio; James Douglas, former dean of Texas Southern University's law school in Houston; and Percy Luney Jr., former president of the National Judicial College.

Adamson has been serving as assistant dean of student services at Case Western since 1997. He also works one-on-one with students as an associate professor at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. He received his law degree from Case in 1990 and has a master's degree in mass communications from Purdue University.

FAMU used Douglas as a consultant when deciding where to locate its law school. He also led Texas Southern as president from 1995 to 1999.

Luney used to be a dean and law professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham. He received his law degree from Harvard University.

FAMU plans to open the school by fall 2002 in Orlando.

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