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OU president-elect James Gallogly shakes hands with current OU President David Boren on March 26.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD James Gallogly’s appointment to OU presidency will end David Boren’s nearly 24-year tenure at university

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NICK HAZELRIGG • @NICKHAZELRIGG ames Gallogly says he’s home.

After a long and storied career as a businessman in the field of petroleum and chemicals, “Jim” is back in

the place he calls home, where he received a sizable welcome home package: OU’s presidency.

At 8 a.m. on March 26, the Board of Regents officially appointed James Lawrence Gallogly as the 14th OU president. Two hours later, he spoke to the university community during an official announcement ceremony in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Despite the applause, he faced an OU community still uncertain of the future executive.

“I just love this place. It’s just a big part of my life,” Gallogly said. “It’s a part of my family’s life, and it’s built a foundation for everything I did.”

At 65, Gallogly touted his professional accomplishments in the business field before the crowd during his announcement, which gained less applause than his compliments to David Boren, the outgoing president of 23 years who once came to the university as a relative outsider with an unusual background for a university president.

“I told the regents when I decided to announce my retirement I thought the most important thing was to find someone who truly loved the University of Oklahoma,” Boren said. “This wasn’t just a job, it was a real calling to come back and serve the university and the students.”

Gallogly succeeds one of OU’s longest serving and most successful presidents, as Boren remained particularly popular during his tenure and his exit has caused even OU’s oldest and most distinguished faculty members to be concerned for his replacement.

George Henderson, OU professor emeritus and longtime friend of Boren, was skeptical of Gallogly’s corporate life translating to academia — uncharted territory for Gallogly.

“He’s talking about greatness, but he’s talking about greatness at corporate levels.

This university is a university that is concerned about people from the bottom to the top,” Henderson said. “It remains to be seen how much he will grasp that aspect of it. But that’s what we’re for. To remind him. And I will remind him again, once again, that his power base, whether he wants to admit it or not, are students and he better listen to me.”

Concerns over the choice to select Gallogly manifested in the form of tweets, a protest and

an open letter sent by an OU dean. Despite these concerns, Gallogly sees his corporate past as a strength, not a weakness. For examples, Gallogly pointed to the role he played in the foundation of ConocoPhillips into a Fortune 500 company, and from leadingLyondellBasell, of which he was CEO, out of bankruptcy.

Despite this reputation of restructuring, Gallogly said he is not coming to OU to “rebuild” but instead to stay the course on the path Boren has created.

“David’s done a remarkable job and we should all be extremely proud of what he’s accomplished. And of course we’re going to celebrate his success in the coming days,” Gallogly said. “We don’t have a turnaround situation here. Some of what I learned in the corporate environment is how to work very closely with people in a time of crisis, how to listen. Because when you’re an outsider and you’re dealing with a group of people, you have to pay a lot of attention to what they have to say. That part translates very well.”

Boren also felt particularly confident in Gallogly’s abilities to lead the university based on his skills and his passion for OU. “One, I’ve watched him, I’ve known him for 25 years, I know I can trust his integrity, I know he has tremendous mental capabilities, he really has a strong intellect,” Boren said. “I think the heart is very important. We’ve had presidents before that were just, this was a stepping stone to something else, and for him, it’s the same as it was for me. This is probably the only university job in the country that he would’ve taken. It’s because he loves OU, and I think that’s so important.”

Gallogly didn’t seek out the university presidency, he said, but was nominated by others to be considered for the position. He said the question of why he chose to come out of retirement and accept the offer was the easiest one to answer: he simply loves the university.

But the choice of an oil executive and university donor coming to campus to serve as president starkly contrasts with the public service career Boren brought upon arrival, which does not set well for some.

“How much money do you have to have to buy a university?” Henderson asked. “I’ve looked at his resume, what else could it be?

Gallogly thinks the idea that he bought the presidency is “nonsense,” and said he chose to give his time to the university out of love towards the institution. When asked about the $500,000 salary set for him by the Board of

Regents, Gallogly said he doesn’t even know what he’ll be paid, because the presidency isn’t about the money for him.

“I’ve worked seven days a week for 40 plus years and the thing that I have in my life now that’s most precious to me is my time. And I have a family and I’ve spent time with my grandchildren and my daughters and I’ve made a very important decision, we’ve extended our family to the OU community,” Gallogly said. “And so I want to make it really, really clear I’m giving the most precious thing I have in life at this point in time and that’s my personal time and energy and devotion to this university. That has nothing to do with money and the donations I don’t even consider them donations. I consider it an investment in OU’s future.”

As Boren prepares to exit his role, Gallogly said he hopes to build on Boren’s successes, but said he also understands the limitations to following in Boren’s legacy. Gallogly said he doesn’t want to be the next David Boren, he just wants to be “Jim.” “I’m not trying to fill David Boren’s shoes.

My goal is to have all of our professors and all of our students receive those accolades,” Gallogly said. “You should just think of me as Jim. You should think of me as the leader of a team of great professors, and students who are doing a great thing for their future. So don’t think of me as someone who’s trying to be famous, because I’m not. I’m here to serve in the simplest sense.”

The OU community will have to wait to discover if their concerns will be realized, or if another great legacy is about to begin at the university. For Boren, the man who received the longest and loudest applause of the day, it’s nothing but full faith in leaving the university in Gallogly’s hands.

“I’ll continue to help the university in any way I can and we are so fortunate to have someone like Jim Gallogly,” Boren said. “For him this is not a job, this is a calling. He’s come back home to the University of Oklahoma because he truly loves this university. And that’s what I said when I announced my retirement.

I hoped we could find a really talented person who was going to truly love the university and its students and take care of it as a school.”

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GALLOGLY VOWS TO PUT LOVE OF UNIVERSITY FIRST FOLLOWING BOREN’S EXAMPLE

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OU President-elect James Gallogly prepares to speak at the presidential announcement March 26.

Boren’s achievements place high expectations, pressure on successor amid uncertainty about future of university

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The words were emblazoned on tiny buttons bearing James Gallogly’s face, greeting members of the OU community as they entered the Molly Shi Ballroom March 26 to meet their new president. But during a day focused on Gallogly and his future, the inspirational slogans meant to reflect Gallogly’s aspirations reflected another man whose shoes Gallogly will look to fill.

Throughout the day, rarely did speakers, Gallogly included, reference the university’s future without reflecting on the difficulty of following a leader like OU President David Boren.

During Gallogly’s introduction to the university, Boren received three standing ovations, all eyes turned toward a president who has left his mark on almost every part of the institution.

“David Boren has done a fabulous job, and I can never

EMMA KEITH • @SHAKEITHA _97 fill David’s shoes,” Gallogly told reporters after his introduction. “But I can build on what he started. I can bring a slightly different perspective for things.”

Gallogly’s day was one of tightly scheduled events, of a tour of OU’s three campuses, of public relations professionals carefully keeping his schedule and of introductions with specific students, faculty and staff conducted behind closed doors.

The day was strictly branded and executed, except for the moment an employee sent out an OU Alert announcing Gallogly’s selection 19 minutes before the Board of Regents finalized its vote. The moment was seemingly insignificant, even amusing, but was a reminder of the question at the forefront of many minds: To what extent did the regents follow the search process they promised to the public?

In his first moments with the community after the announcement, even as he shared his hopes for the university’s future, Gallogly

harkened back to the successes of the past, telling a private audience in the University Club “There will never be another David Boren.”

Gallogly’s public reception in the ballroom introduced him to the community amid fanfare and procession, drawing cheerleaders, RUF/ NEKS and a section of the Pride of Oklahoma.

“David Boren has done a fabulous job, and I can never fill David’s shoes. But I can build on what he started. I can bring a slightly different perspective for things.”

JAMES GALLOGLY, OU PRESIDENT-ELECT

Boren’s retirement announcement, a stark contrast to Monday’s events, featured the president alone on stage behind a podium, a huge

black curtain dwarfing him on Holmberg Hall’s undecorated stage; Gallogly stood behind a simple wooden lectern, flanked by student and university leaders, a huge red banner and towering balloon columns, soft-spoken amidst riotous confetti and blaring renditions of “Boomer Sooner” from the Pride of Oklahoma.

Gallogly’s introduction from Board of Regents chairman Clayton Bennett and dean of students Clarke Stroud was glowing, full of wisecracks and fanfare.

Bennett expressed full confidence in Gallogly as he welcomed him to the podium, calling him the regents’ “clear choice” and noting his “remarkable skill and unmatched track record of success.”

Gallogly spoke quietly and sometimes stiffly, promising the community he’ll be a student, educator and administrator, emphasizing his vision of OU as “absolutely the pinnacle of academic success.” His greatest moment of connection with the crowd

came as he took a weathered OU hat from one of the RUF/ NEKS on stage beside him and walked back to to the podium in the regalia, drawing applause.

Over and over through the day, Gallogly and speakers emphasized the importance of love for the university.

Gallogly professed that love several times in his speech, telling his audience he will “push very hard” and “ask a great deal” of the university to lead it toward greatness.

But the crowd still questioned — does love for the university cover a lack of experience in education, or a lifetime spent serving the oil industry? Not for students like Elaina Fees, who stood at the right of the stage toward the end of Gallogly’s address with a sign asking OU to “Divest from big oil.”

But for most students, faculty and administration, who immediately gathered to reflect as Gallogly exited the stage, the day was full of optimism, if uncertainty, about the future awaiting their university.

“I liked his speech. I think he really loves OU — he’s proven that with donating for so long, but I think it’s exciting,” journalism sophomore Chris Oven said. “I think he’ll try to strive to be like David Boren. I don’t know if anyone would be able to match David Boren, but I think he’ll definitely try his best ... I trust the board of regents right now, and the selection committee. I know they had student representation on there, so we’ll just have to see.”

Boren’s connection with the community was quieter, further from the noise of the day. As the crowds cleared, returning to work and class, Boren sat on a stool next to the confetti-covered stage, talking to students who fell behind, taking selfies with those interested. The current president will stay at the university, leading from afar in the classroom and watching his successor work to build on his legacy.

Emma Keith

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OU president-elect James Gallogly prepares to speak at the presidential announcement March 26.

IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION Gallogly aims to mimic his success in the business industry at OU, where he will bring a lifelong devotion to excellence

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e a r l y a d e ca d e ag o, Ja m e s Ga l l o g ly l e f t t h e c o mpa ny where he had built his successful, 29-year career in the oil business to take the helm at a corporation saddled with $20 billion of debt.

In front of an audience of LyondellBasell’s 130,000 employees, he set forth the ruthless expectations that would later propel the company into Fortune 500 territory.

“I spoke to an audience just like this, in a video conference across the entire world, where I said to them, ‘I did not come to help you get out of bankruptcy. I came to help you become the greatest petrochemical company in the world,’” Gallogly said. “And they did.”

In a similar move nine years later, Gallogly, now 65, will take the reins at Oklahoma’s largest public university, where he aims to mimic his past success in the business world guided by a similar relentless perfectionism.

The path to greatness for Lyondell Basell did not come without cost. In the process of transforming the company, Gallogly oversaw 10 plant closures and 5,000 lay-offs. While Gallogly clearly set his standards for university greatness at the presidential announcement March 26, he has yet to lay out an execution plan for OU to achieve its status as the “pinnacle of higher education.”

“We aspire to greatness. Nothing less. I will push very hard. I will ask a great deal. We expect perfection and we’re going to have that same standard in every single thing we do at this university,” Gallogly said. “Every single thing.”

It’s that same insatiable competitive spirit that has driven Gallogly to be the best, from wrestling matches with his brothers to law school exams, throughout his entire life, his mother, Margery Gallogly, said.

“It’s a challenge and he likes a challenge,” Margery Gallogly said. “So I think that’s where that’s coming from.

Just like the LyondellBassell thing — the company was just so bad off and he had a really fantastic job with Conoco Philips and was vice president there — and yet he took that job knowing that it was going to be a challenge and not knowing if he could pull them out of the bankruptcy. But he really did a good job, he’s good at challenges.”

Noma Gurich, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, recalls Gallogly as a smart, focused and reserved student during the time they both attended OU’s College of Law. “He seemed conser vative and straight-laced, not a wild personality or anything,” Gurich said. “I think he went by Jimmy in those days. We were all just a little less formal then.”

Still, in a photo Gurich found in her yearbook, she noticed Gallogly wearing a vest and tie amidst a group of peers dressed in far more casual attire.

Gallogly’s mild-mannered personality was belied by a strong desire to be the best lawyer, he said in his public speech to the OU community. “(My father) gave me fantastic advice. He said ‘Okay, if you’re going to do this, do it with great passion, be the absolute best at it, the greatest lawyer ever,’” Gallogly said. “Because there is always room at the top.”

Gallogly has shared this drive for success with engineering students he has met in the past. Lisa Morales, executive director of diversity and inclusion in OU’s Gallogly College of Engineering, said she and a group of students met with Gallogly at a conference through the college several years ago.

“We met him down in Houston and he shared with our students kind of his story and a little bit of his background, and most importantly encouraged our students to continue to work hard in school,” Morales said. “He was very inspiring to our students as far as telling them their education is something that is valuable and he was positive about they choices in pursuing a degree in engineering. He did a great job of connecting with the students by sharing some of his personal stories. I just thought he was a very genuine and compassionate person.”

Morales said she thinks Gallogly’s multi-million dollar donations to OU’s Gallogly College of Engineering speak to his compassion for others.

“I also think that just the investments he’s personally made to the University of Oklahoma also send a message that he cares about the students and the faculty and he cares about everyone,” Morales said.

The new job as OU’s president will

bring Gallogly to Oklahoma, where he has not lived since he first began his career in the oil industr y in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, decades ago.

Born on a military base in Canada, Gallogly spent the first five years of his life moving from state to state, including Alaska, before settling down in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he attended high school and college.

Gallogly’s career in the energy and oil sector has rooted him in the Oklahoma and Texas region, but he maintains ties to his home state, where he now owns both a ranch and a house in Colorado Springs. His extensive wealth also includes a ranch in Finley, Oklahoma, as well as several Ferraris and Porsches.

A s i d e f ro m h i s e xt e n s i ve p e rsonal property, Margery Gallogly said Gallogly has used his massive amounts of wealth to support family members, including saving a family ranch from going out of commission and helping provide college money for his 35 nieces and nephews.

“I don’t think it went to his head,” Margerie said. “I think he’s happy that he has it and yet sometimes he’s very conservative, which seems odd, but he’s generous with it. He wants to make sure that none of his siblings or nieces and nephews want of anything and he’s been very generous.”

Margerie said Jim was raised to greatly value family and education, two concepts she thinks he will bring with him to his role as president.

“Education is extremely important to us,” Margerie said. “And we want everyone to succeed and this world would be a better place if everyone succeeded at education.”

When Gallogly called his mother to tell her he would be accepting the position as 14th president of the University of Oklahoma, she had just one question for him.

“I thought he was going to retire and I said ‘Why can’t you just retire?’”

Margery said she told her son. “But he has something to give, he still has something to give.”

Anna Bauman

anna.m.bauman-1@ou.edu

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SECRECY OF SEARCH PROCESS LEADS TO UNCERTAINTY Clayton Bennett, chairman of the OU Board of Regents, shakes hands with OU president-elect James Gallogly during the presidential announcement March 26.

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Despite faculty, student outcry, OU’s Board of Regents maintained confidentiality in selection

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t 8 a.m. on March 26, OU sent out a text alert to students, faculty and staff announcing retired businessman James Gallogly, 65, was named the next president of the university.

The trouble was, the OU Board of Regents was still in the executive session of the 7:30 a.m. meeting they had scheduled to appoint the 14th president. The board didn’t leave executive session until 19 minutes after the announcement was made.

This is only one example of how the presidential search process has raised questions of how much the Board of Regents adhered to the presidential search guidelines.

These questions have surrounded the search from the very beginning, when the regents made it clear that the process would remain confidential and closed off to the OU community. Any fault the community may ultimately have regarding the regents’ choice will likely fall back on the board’s closed process.

With multiple public relations aspects in place by the outside PR firm OU hired — LDWW Group — for the minute Gallogly was announced, it’s clear that the regents and president-designate knew of his appointment well ahead of time.

The board, which met March 9 and 10 to interview candidates, said that during their past meetings they would not be taking action. The regents are required to give 48 hours notice ahead of any meeting, but did not indicate any between March 10 and the March 26 meeting, though they did schedule a meeting for March 13 which was cancelled soon after.

While the board did call a meeting with the purpose of voting on the next president, the knowledge of Gallogly’s impending appointment came days before when multiple faculty and administrative sources told The Daily of the board’s decision.

When asked to confirm or deny Gallogly’s appointment on March 23, OU press secretary Matt Epting said he would speak with the Board of Regents. He then responded, saying that “there is no name to confirm or deny until (Monday).”

KELLI STACY • @ASTACYKELLI Despite this assertion, within an hour of Gallogly being named president there were buttons with his face on them and words like “proven,” “tireless” and “mentor” on them being passed out at various campus announcements.

There was also an elaborate announcement video tweeted out an hour and a half after the announcement.

When questioned about when he found out he was OU’s next president, Gallogly didn’t give any indication he knew the specific date.

“A person can always speculate, but the regents have to vote,” Gallogly said. “About a week ago I had the sense that I was at least a finalist. They continued to ask questions, and of course they have a very thorough background check and I think that process continued until this weekend. All of that is part of what happens.”

Gallogly’s appointment has been received with mixed emotions from the OU community, with professor emeritus George Henderson suggesting Gallogly bought the presidency and multiple students expressing concerns via Twitter about the president-designate’s background in oil, lack of experience in higher education and large salary. On March 26, the Board of Regents approved a $500,000 salary for Gallogly — over $150,000 more than President David Boren made in FY 2017.

Gallogly is a former executive vice president of ConocoPhillips and the former CEO of a chemical and refining company. He has also contributed to a $30 million gift to OU, resulting in the college of engineering being named in honor of him and his wife, Janet.

The president-elect said the Board of Regents reached out to him to notify him of his appointment and explain their decision.

“They told me that I had done well in the interviews and they loved my passion for the university and ultimately through the process of going and doing background checks, they concluded that I was the right person,” Gallogly said.

Despite the board’s positive view of their decision, the OU community remains uncertain. With the president-elect’s

lack of higher education credentials and extensive background in business, as well as the indication the board had zeroed in on Gallogly days ahead of actually voting, OU’s presidential search process is brought into question once again. Throughout the search process members of the OU community petitioned for a more open process, asking to be allowed to meet the finalists for the presidency ahead of the regents’ votes. Despite community outcry, the process remained secret throughout its entirety.

Judith Wilde, an academic who studies presidential searches at George Mason University, said that OU’s search was part of a relatively new process where universities conduct the entire search in secret, a stark contrast to how searches used to be conducted. In the past, presidential candidates were brought to campus to meet students and faculty, but now, Wilde said search committees often narrow down the field to one candidate without any input from the community.

“This ‘new’ search is conducted in secret with members of the search committee being required to sign confidentiality agreements. None of the final candidates are invited to make a public presentation or to meet with any stakeholders,” Wilde said in an email to The Daily. “The search committee submits its recommendation directly to the governing board — often only a single candidate. The challenge is how long they can keep this a secret.”

The regents said they interviewed seven candidates for the position, one via Skype, that were passed along from the search committee. Despite this and the assertion that they were not to take action at any of their prior meetings, Gallogly was clearly the selection ahead of the vote.

Now, Gallogly’s face is displayed on buttons being handed out across campus with the word “authentic” on them — a word that perhaps doesn’t fully apply to the integrity of the search process.

Kelli Stacy

kelliastacy@ou.edu

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OU President-elect James Gallogly speaks to the attendees of the presidential announcement March 26.

Our view: Search ends contentiously Secrecy behind Gallogly’s hire may disadvantage him EDITORIAL BOARD @OUDaily

A long day often ends with a deep breath and a moment of contemplation.

The faculty, staff and students of OU, the Board of Regents and James Gallogly have had such a day.

With the official announcement of Gallogly as OU’s next president, the OU community finally has an answer to the main question that has been on everyone’s mind since President David

Boren announced his retirement: Who will succeed him?

But, because of the secrecy throughout the search process, there are many other questions that have not been answered. We don’t know exactly what happened along the way, and we probably never will. Who the other candidates were and how diverse the pool was will remain a secret, never allowing the university community the chance to see what could have been or if Gallogly was really the best fit for the job.

Some have expressed concerns about Gallogly’s lack of managerial experience in higher education, his ties

to the oil and gas industry and whether his millionaire status bought him the presidency, among other things.

The questions that arise are natural considering he is the former executive vice president of ConocoPhillips and former CEO of a chemical and refining company, having made $106 million in 2014.

The real concern, however, is that we don’t know Gallogly or how he will run OU, but now we have to trust him with our beloved university and, for some of us, our livelihoods. The blame for that falls on the shoulders of the Board of Regents.

The regents had a list of qualifications they desired

in the next president, but they recruited a person who does not meet those qualifications.

They wanted someone with a doctoral degree, which Gallogly doesn’t have.

They wanted someone with experience in higher education, which Gallogly doesn’t have.

Now, we’re left to speculate why exactly the Board of Regents chose Gallogly.

The s earch for David Boren’s successor placed the feelings and careers of the candidates above the needs of the students and faculty at the university. The search committee and the Board of Regents said, because the committee was made

up of representatives from students, faculty and staff across OU, confidentiality was not a cause for concern.

But at the heart of true representation is the ability to hold those representatives accountable.

It’s possible that, if the OU community had been included in the process and maybe even had been able to meet the final seven candidates toward the end of the search, Gallogly may not have been selected.

There would never have been a perfect choice to replace President Boren and his decades-long tenure, but there could have been open discussion and deliberation, a sharing of ideas

and concerns along the way.

A secretive search led to a questionable decision that is highly contentious among those who will be impacted

by Gallogly’s administration.

Gallogly is not to blame for the choices of the regents, but he will have to make up for their actions and take extra care to prove to the OU community that he can be trusted.

Time will be the true test for Gallogly and for the regents. We at the OU Daily love the university and want to see it succeed. We wish President Gallogly the best.

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OU Student Government Association president Yaseen Shurbaji with former OU SGA president JD Baker at the presidential announcement March 26.

Students react to Gallogly Undergraduates express optimism for next presidency JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr

OU student-leaders are hopeful about working with President-designate James Gallogly, expressing confidence in his passion and vision for the university.

Gallogly, a former oil executive, was selected as OU’s next president March 26 and traveled to the three OU campuses to speak.

Among the hundreds of attendees at these events, student-leaders such as Student Government Association president Yaseen Shurbaji, were present.

“He is a go-getter,” Shurbaji said. “He is the type of guy that is empathetic, but he recognizes that you have

to have actions to back up words.”

Shurbaji said he had previously met with Gallogly and established a “closer” relationship, but that Gallogly will be working with many other student leaders as well.

Although critics of Gallogly have cited his lack of experience in education, Shurbaji feels his expertise in business will allow for success during his presidency.

“I serve as student body president and my chief job is to represent the voice of the students, and there are a lot of fears,” Shurbaji said. “I think what is more important of just certain titles and things he’s done, is his character and his work ethic.”

Cameron Burleson, former SGA vice president and presidential search committee member, also addressed Gallogly’s lack of education experience.

“If you had an expectation for somebody to be an academic, he’s not an academic, but your expectations still don’t have to change,” Burleson said. “He still is going to be held to the same standard (of ) president as anyone else and any other candidate, so I would just encourage the students to continue to voice their opinions, to continue to voice their concerns and to continue to hold our administrators accountable…”

Although Gallogly may lack education experience, Burleson said he still has an unmatched passion for OU. “When you talk with now president-elect Gallogly, his love and passion for this university is far uncomparable with just about anything that I’ve ever heard,” Burleson said. “When you listen to him and the love that he has for this university, you can

see that it radiates off of him, and the passion that he has to take this university to the next level.”

Former SGA president J.D. Baker expressed optimism about Gallogly’s presidency as well.

“He is visionary, that’s the word. I’m really excited for what he is going to do for the university,” Baker said. “This is a learning curve for us all and he realizes that. He says he is a student first, and it is a great opportunity for us all to embrace him and welcome him into our university.”

Baker said coordination efforts between the new president and other student leaders will be vital for continued success.

“Many of us have been here for years and we have a certain expectation of our institution,” Baker said. “We want to be able to welcome him in and work with him.

He is a Sooner, so he is going to work with us and grow together, and that is why I am excited, he really seems eager to work with us for what is ahead.”

Shurbaji said access is his main hope for Gallogly’s presidency.

“I hope to see him be vocal and engage with the student body. Someone that we can approach... we can have honest and productive conversations with. I hope to see a progressive mentality when it comes to academics and kind of a new, fresh mindset,” Shurbaji said. “I am very excited for the new president and I think that he is going to do a phenomenal job and make a lot of big strides for our community.”

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OU faculty and staff shared mixed views on how OU’s President-designate James Gallogly will carry out his vision for the university.

Gallogly was appointed OU’s 14th president by the Board of Regents on March 26 after a controversial and confidential search process.

Daniel Pullin, dean of the Price College of Business and former OU presidential candidate, congratulated Gallogly on the honor of being chosen. Pullin said Price College will support Gallogly in his goal of strengthening OU and influencing the state of Oklahoma.

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and our students will be a critical component of the university’s success in the years to come,” Pullin said in an email. “Together, we will support and collaborate with President Gallogly to strengthen OU and its broader impact on Oklahoma and beyond.”

Jabar Shumate, vice president for the university community, said the day was truly historic and that he’s excited and optimistic about OU’s future.

“While I’m getting to know the successes and the thoughts and ideas of President Gallogly, I think we’ve been fortunate to have had for 23 years an exceptional leader,” Shumate said. “But I think our new president is going to be very different. No less than exceptional.”

Joseph Harroz, dean of the OU College of Law, released a statement in light of Gallogly’s appointment, saying the college was proud to have an alumnus leading the university.

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exceptional character and integrity... At OU law, he has personally mentored our students and supported them through scholarships,” the statement reads. “I am confident that all OU students will benefit from his leadership. We look forward to sharing his vision for our university.”

Sarah Ellis, OU Faculty Senate chair, said in an email that the Faculty Senate looks forward to getting to know Gallogly and plans to work with him to help further OU’s academic achievements and honors.

“The Faculty Senate executive committee will meet with him to learn about his vision and priorities for our university,” Ellis said. “We look forward to working with him through shared governance to build upon OU’s academic excellence in research, creativity, education and service throughout his tenure.”

Kyle Harper, OU senior vice president and provost, said in an email he thinks Gallogly was a good choice

for president because of h i s p re v i o u s e x e c u t i v e roles at companies such as ConocoPhillips, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Phillips Petroleum Company. “ P re si d e nt- d e sig nate Gallogly has a track record of success and experience leading enormous, complex institutions,” Harper said in an email. “He will bring that background with him and translate it to higher education to make OU the best it can be.”

Suzette Grillot, dean of the College of International Studies, said she is concerne d ab out how w ell Gallogly will transfer from a narrowly focused business standpoint to one dealing with education.

“In higher education, you have a much more broad landscape,” Grillot said.

“And so, how do you go from that private corporation and that private enterprise work and leading in that environment to being able to lead effectively in a very different structure and on a multitude

of issues?”

Grillot released an open letter to Gallogly on March 26 calling for transparency during his presidency and urged him to host open forums to answer questions from the OU community.

Harper said it will be hard for Gallogly to match President David Boren’s legacy, but that Boren has set the groundwork for Gallogly t o f u r t h e r i m p rov e t h e university.

“I think, for all of us, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the future without the leader who has done so much to transform this university and make it great,” Harper said. “His spirit will always be a part of OU, and I think he’s set up this university very well to move into this next phase.”

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WHO IS JAMES GALLOGLY? ANNA BAUMAN • @ANNABAUMAN2 James Gallogly, a former oil executive and OU law alumnus who has made significant contributions to OU’s Gallogly College of Engineering, will succeed current OU President David Boren as the university’s 14th president. Here’s what you should know about Gallogly: EDUCATION

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Gallogly earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in 1974 and a juris doctorate from the OU College of Law in 1977.

He also completed the Advanced Executive Program at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1998.

Unlike most other Big 12 university presidents, Gallogly does not hold a doctoral degree or have experience in the realm of higher education.

Gallogly has had an extensive career in the oil and energy industry.

He served as CEO of LyondellBasell from 2009 to 2015, during which time he transformed the bankrupt company into one of the largest producers of chemicals and plastics in the nation. In 2014, Gallogly earned $106 million in his role at the helm of the company.

Prior to that, he worked as a vice president at ConocoPhillips from 2006 to 2009, CEO of Chevron Phillips from 2000 to 2006 and held several vice presidential roles at Phillips Petroleum Company.

After his 2015 retirement from LyondellBasell, Gallogly served as a director of DuPont, a company that aims to solve global issues through science and engineering, until August 2017.

Gallogly has deep financial and familial connections to the University of Colorado, which bears the Gallogly name on several buildings.

In 2010, he donated $1 million to build the Gallogly Event Center and support campus improvements, and in 2017 he gifted $2.5 million to name the Gallogly Discovery Learning Center and establish several endowed engineering positions. Gallogly’s extended family has three generations of University of Colorado-Colorado Springs graduates, including his late father, many siblings and one of his daughters, among nearly a dozen others.

PHILANTHROPY Gallogly has donated multimillions of dollars to OU. Along with Peggy and Charles Stephenson, Gallogly contributed to a $30 million gift to expand engineering programs and buildings at OU. The donation helped establish a new school of biomedical engineering, including a building for the program, as well as a dozen new endowed positions and millions in graduate fellowship money.

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s James Gallogly wrapped up his speech after being announced the 14th president of the University of Oklahoma, Sooners coach Lincoln Riley stood next his predecessor Bob Stoops with a smile on his face while Gallogly compared his work ethic to Riley’s team.

“I’m a true Sooner, if we lose a game or two, I’m just as upset as you,” Gallogly said with a laugh as Stoops and Riley shared a whisper and smirk with each other off stage.

Gallogly will be following in the footsteps of one of the most respected figures in college athletics in the past 20-plus years.

For 23 years, David Boren has been an ambassador for Oklahoma athletics and the Big 12 Conference. He had a hand in hiring arguably one of the best athletics directors in the country in Joe Castiglione, and also helped bring elite coaches like Stoops, Riley, Sherri Coale, Patty Gasso and Lon Kruger to Sooner

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“David Boren’s shoes will be difficult to fill,” College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock said. “But it seems to me that Jim has all the tools necessary to fill them.”

During his time as Oklahoma’s president, Boren was a part of 83 conference titles and 17 national championships, creating a winning culture in nearly every sport. Boren was able to create a rare bond for nearly 18 years between himself, Castiglione and Stoops — three of the most influential figures OU has had in the past two decades. Boren has also been a leader in the Big 12, being a key voice in conference realignment in striving to keep the Big 12 together.

Now, Gallogly has to build those relationships and be that voice.

“I think he’ll be very much of that similar leader: empowering, collaborative, supportive, but someone in the front of the ship guiding where we are going to go,” Castiglione said. “I think

President Gallogly is the right person at the right time and with the right vision.”

Gallogly said he plans to be just as involved as Boren was in the Big 12 and knows the significance of OU’s role in the conference.

“We’ll be heavily involved, because the Big 12 is a big part of this university,” Gallogly said.

“I’ve got a lot of people to talk to to get their perspectives on this issue. David will be one of the very first ones I will talk to. It’s an important part of how we bring friendliness to the University of Oklahoma.”

Castiglione plans to meet with Gallogly soon, along with each coach, and expects him to share Boren’s same mentality when it comes to creating relationships with the coaches. Castiglione said he senses that Gallogly will be “collaborative” and has a willingness to learn the ins-andouts of the athletic department.

Gallogly said he has a lot to learn and will have a lot on his plate when he first steps into

his new role. But one thing he won’t have near as much to worry about is the success of Oklahoma’s athletics teams.

He knows what the coaches are capable of and expects them to continue to be successful.

“One thing I know is that I cannot compete with some of the outstanding coaches we have at this university,” Gallogly said. “I’m not going to be telling them how to call the next play.

They do their jobs very well. I will say this — we’ll continue to ask them to be champions. And I have no doubt we will meet that objective.”

Last fall, on Sept. 16, four d a y s b e f o re h e a n n o u n c e d his retirement, Boren sat on a bench in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium next to Sooners left tackle Orlando Brown during O klahoma’s 56-14 w in over Tulane. That picture of Boren and Brown sitting together defines the type of leader he’s been for Oklahoma athletics.

Boren has always put students first — athletes included — and

nothing less will be expected of Gallogly in the coming years.

“I think history will declare (Boren) as the greatest OU president,” Hancock said. “I would tell Jim to continue to be a respected face to the university and to be a tireless advocate for the university, and to continue to realize that athletics is indeed the front porch of the university, and to make sure Joe Castiglione has all the tools.”

Gallogly has big shoes to fill, and while he may not be sitting on the Sooners’ bench anytime soon, the future looks bright.

“He’s very well aware of what our athletic program has accomplished and what we our continually trying to achieve,” Castiglione said. “He’s a Sooner — he’s followed the program, he’s been in the stands cheering, he knows our history.”

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The University of Oklahoma announced James Gallogly as its 14th president Monday morning, and he will be overseeing an athletic department that has experienced great success under current president David Boren.

Gallogly doesn’t have much in the way of experience with sports aside from donating $1 million to the CU Foundation the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs for an event center to house the university’s athletic teams as well as conferences and other events.

He is an alumnus of UCCS as well as OU, where he earned his law degree. He has worked in the oil industry for many years before retiring in 2015.

His lack of experience in working with sports teams and athletic departments isn’t necessarily a negative, though. It is rare that university presidents come into the job with a wealth of experience unless they’ve been president of a different institution or served as an athletic director.

President David Boren came from a background as a politician, but under his guidance the Sooners have won 17 national championships and 83 team conference titles, as well as countless individual national and conference crowns. With Boren’s help, Oklahoma has become one of the top athletic programs in the

country — with top football, softball and gymnastics programs year-in and year-out. He brought in top tier coaches like KJ Kindler, Mark Williams, Bob Stoops, Patty Gasso and more. He saw the building or expansion and improvement of athletic facilities — from the building of softball’s Marita Hynes Field and soccer’s John Crain Field to renovations to Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Me m o r i a l St a d i u m a n d t h e addition of the Blake Griffin Performance Center. Sports under Oklahoma’s 13th president have flourished.

While Gallogly may not bring an athletic background to the table, he does bring something maybe equally important — he’s a Sooner fan.

Athletic director Joe Castiglione knows this. He said

Gallogly knows the programs history and has been cheering it on.

He’s met with the president-designate and thinks he will be a collaborative leader.

“First and foremost, a new leader comes on campus and, while they have certain things that are action items, there is also an action item related to listening and learning and gathering and understanding,” Castiglione said.

As Gallogly spoke to the OU community Monday morning, he called himself a “true Sooner” and said he was just as upset as the rest of Sooner Nation when the football team loses. He even held his horns down when he posed of a picture with the RUF/ NEK whos e hat he had just borrowed.

With not much other experience to show, the passion for

sports is what will be important for the 14th president as he tries to continue the legacy Boren leaves behind. So far, he has said he wants the standard to be perfection, not just in athletics, but in all aspects of the university.

“We aspire to greatness, nothing less,” Gallogly said. “I will push very hard. I will ask a great deal. We know what that looks like on the football field, don’t we? … Because we expect perfection, and we are going to have that same standard for every single thing we do at this university.

Every single thing. We will work together as a team, and we will achieve great things. Because we are Sooners.”

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“I will push very hard. I will ask a great deal ... we expect perfection. We will work together as a team and we will achieve great things because we are Sooners.”

-JAMES GALLOGLY, OU’S NEXT PRESIDENT

James Gallogly, who will be OU’s 14th president, sits on the stage in the Oklahoma Memorial Union before the announcement March 26.

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OU president-elect James Gallogly wears an OU hat after giving his speech March 26.

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OU president-elect James Gallogly poses with the RUF/NEKS during the presidential announcement March 26.

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OU president-elect James Gallogly poses with students during the presidential announcement March 26.

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In the event of inclement weather, the picnic will be held in Couch Restaurants.

For accomodations, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (450) 325-3784 or email specialevents@ou.edu.

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