WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The last time Howard University was looking for a president, the board of trustees picked a pair of heavy hitters as co-chairmen of the search committee: business executive Richard D. Parsons and retired Gen. Colin L. Powell.
It’s hard for a committee to have more star power at the helm than the tandem of Parsons — who at that time, in 2007, was chairman and chief executive of Time Warner —and Powell, the former secretary of state.
This time, the board made a similar move. Noted Washington lawyer Vernon E. Jordan Jr. — who was a confidant of President Bill Clinton and has deep connections in the capital and the business world — was announced Monday as the chairman of a 19-member committee charged with seeking Howard’s 17th president.
A look at the previous search committee and the new one shows some overlap, some similarities and some interesting variations.
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