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November 17, 1997

Taylor, Scott appointed to Division III Presidents Council

Judson H. Taylor of State University of New York College at Cortland and Gloria Randle Scott of Bennett College have been appointed to the Division III Presidents Council.

Taylor and Scott were appointed to complete the terms of Irvin D. Reid and Samuel R. Williamson, who resigned.

The Presidents Council approved the appointments at its October 28 meeting. The Council also approved the appointment of Judith L. Kuipers, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, as vice-chair.

In another action, the council approved the appointment of John S. Biddiscombe of Wesleyan University (Connecticut) as vice-chair-elect of the Division III Management Council. Biddiscombe also will become chair after the Convention.

Taylor was appointed president at Cortland State July 1, 1995. He was vice-chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, from 1992 until his appointment at Cortland State.

From 1970 to 1992, Taylor was a member of the faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills. During his tenure there, he served as dean of the School of Education, director of learning assistance and testing, and chair of the graduate education department.

Taylor earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Oregon and a doctorate at Arizona State University.

Scott became president at Bennett in 1987. Prior to her appointment, she had served as vice-president at Clark College since 1978.

Scott began her career as a research associate in genetics and embryology at Indiana University's Institute for Psychiatric Research and as instructor of biology at Marian College. Since then, she has held teaching and administrative positions at Knoxville College, North Carolina A&T State University, Texas Southern University, Bryn Mawr College and Grambling State University.

Scott earned bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology and a doctorate in higher education, all at Indiana.

She has served on the boards of many nonprofit organizations and has distinguished herself as a leader in higher education and as an advocate of women's issues. She established the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett.