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2/15/2010

Baylor University Names New President

Filed under: Education — DRJ @ 3:09 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has named Ken Starr its new President:

“Baylor University named former Clinton White House nemesis Kenneth Starr its new president on Monday, saying the one-time independent prosecutor’s Christian ideals and experience heading a law school made him the ideal candidate to lead the world’s largest Baptist university.

Starr, whose investigation of the Whitewater land deal and Monica Lewinsky scandal led to Clinton’s impeachment in the House of Representatives, has been dean of the law school at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., since 2004. He becomes the 14th president of Baylor and follows John M. Lilley, who was fired from the post in 2008.”

Starr is a fifth-generation Texan — proving once again that with the exception of our host, Texans almost always want to come home.

— DRJ

8 Responses to “Baylor University Names New President”

  1. Pepperdines loss is Baylor’s win. We’ll miss him here…

    Clark Baker (9fa758)

  2. Ken Starr bungled the Clinton prosecution and then signed on to help keep Tookie Williams alive.

    Jim (8cbc95)

  3. Whoops, I meant Michael Morales where he and the defense team submitted forged documents to try to stay the execution.

    Jim (8cbc95)

  4. It’s like that old saying–two things in life you can’t avoid, Death and Texas.

    John McCrarey (4961d7)

  5. Trading Malibu for Waco?

    But it is a good fit, both for Starr and Baylor.

    Beldar (86c673)

  6. Damn and Hillarys presidential library had their heart set on going there..

    EricPWJohnson (8f5192)

  7. That was funny, John McCrarey.

    DRJ (6a8003)

  8. you can’t really blame Pattterico: given a choice between life on the PVP and life in BFE, PVP is gonna win. %-)

    “If I owned Hell and Texas I’d rent Texas and live in Hell.” – Gen. Phillip Sheridan

    redc1c4 (fb8750)


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