COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Congressman James Clyburn said Thursday that if he could wave a magic wand, the first thing he would do for South Carolina State University is put a three-person management team in place and let the board remain.
The three-member management team would be responsible for developing a management plan for the school, while the board would set policy, he said.
Two ideal candidates for the proposed management team would be Ronald Thompson, a Chrysler Group board member, and retired Maj. Gen. Clifford Stanley, who served as the U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Stanley is a 1969 graduate of S.C. State.
Clyburn discussed his alma mater’s recent problems Thursday during a 90-minute press conference in Columbia. State lawmakers are considering bills to remove the university’s entire board in the face of financial troubles.
The Democratic congressman chastised S.C. State’s trustees for not making substantial financial contributions to the institution.
“I bet if you looked at it, I bet the contributions of this board of trustees, if you add up all of the contributions (of members) that are on there today, … I bet you it’s hardly $10,000,” Clyburn said.
“That’s what’s wrong at the school, you’ve got a lot of people setting policy and they can barely spell policy,” Clyburn said of the trustees.
Clyburn said that he and his wife Emily have given almost $1.7 million to S.C. State over the past several decades.
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