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Four assume roles on AASA's governing board. (Executive Committee Newcomers).


Three new members joined the AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators
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 Executive Committee and a new president-elect took office on July 1. Biographical sketches of the four follow.

Donald L. Kussmuul

Term: President-elect, 2003-2004

AASA member: 25 years

Currently: superintendent, East Dubuque, Ill., 1983 to present

Previous post: superintendent, Tiskilwa, Ill., 1979-1983

Postsecondary education: Ed.D., educational administration in leadership and policy development, Loyola University of Chicago Loyola University of Chicago, at Chicago; Jesuit; coeducational; est. 1870 as St. Ignatius College, present name adopted 1909. It has a liberal arts college and a graduate school, as well as schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, law, business , 1991; Specialist degree, educational administration, Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a fisheries research laboratory. There is also a campus at Edwardsville. , 1978; M.S., educational administration, Southern Illinois University, 1972

AASA and other activities: Member, AASA Executive Committee, 2000-present; AASA Executive Committee Liaison, AASA Rural/Small Schools Advisory Committee, 2002-2003; Member, AASA Governance Design Team and AASA Executive Committee Liaison, AASA Suburban Schools Advisory Committee, 2002-2003; Member, AASA New Building Committee and AASA Executive Committee Liaison, AASA Technology Committee, 2001; Chair, AASA Small/Rural Schools Advisory Committee, 1999-2000; Chair, AASA Small/Rural Schools Committee Conference Planning, 1999; Member, AASA Council of 21--Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21" Century; Member, Illinois Association of School Administrators, 1997-2002, and Secretary, 1999-present; Member, Horace Mann League, 1999-present; Board member, National Center for Education Research and Technology, 2002; Member, National Rural Education Association, 2000-present

Kay E. Royster

Term: Executive Committee, 2003-2006

AASA member: 13 years

Currently: superintendent, Peoria, Ill., 2002 to present

Previous post: deputy chief executive officer, Detroit, Mich., 2000-2002

Postsecondary education: Ed.D., educational administration, University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. , 1990; M.Ed., educational administration, University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (flagship campus)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Illinois at Springfield
  • University of Illinois system
It can also refer to:
, 1979

AASA and other activities: AASA Executive Committee Liaison, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee; AASA Executive Committee Liaison, Women Administrators Advisory Committee; Member, AASA Legislative Committee; Member, Illinois Association of School Administrators; Member and Delegate-at-Large, Michigan Association of School Administrators; Superintendents Prepared; Member, National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor ; Member, National Association of Black School Educators

Betty S. Poindexter

Term: Executive Committee, 2003-2004

Currently: associate professor of educational leadership and graduate placement director, Indiana University, 1998 to present

AASA member: 16 years

Previous post: superintendent, Vigo County Schools, Terre Haute, Ind,, 1997-1998

Postsecondary education: Ed.D., education administration and supervision, Ball State University, 1985; M.S., guidance and counseling guidance and counseling, concept that institutions, especially schools, should promote the efficient and happy lives of individuals by helping them adjust to social realities.  and school administration, Butler University, 1975

AASA and other activities: Member, AASA Leadership Advisory Committee, 2002 to present; National Superintendent of the Year Finalist, 1997; Indiana Superintendent of the Year, 1997; Member, National Association of Secondary School Principals; Director, National Demonstration Project sponsored by National Association of Secondary School Principals, 19851988; Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, or ASCD, is a membership-based nonprofit organization founded in 1943. It has more than 175,000 members in 135 countries, including superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and ; Adviser, Indiana Network of Women Administrators; Organized Rural School Consortium for Educational Reform; Board of Directors, Indiana Academy for Science Mathematics and Humanities

Eugene G. White

Term: Executive Committee, 2003-2006

AASA member: 9 years

Currently: superintendent, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township (MSDWT) is a public school district in Indianapolis, Indiana. The district was established in 1955 and serves the area of Washington Township that was outside of the city limits before the city and county were merged in 1970. , Indianapolis, Ind., 1994 to present

Previous post: deputy superintendent, Indianapolis, Ind., 1992-1994

Postsecondary education: Ed.D., administration and supervision, Ball State University, 1982; Education Specialist, superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy

n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence.
, Ball State University, 1981; M.S., school health, University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , 1971

AASA and other activities: 2002 Indiana Superintendent of the Year; Past President, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents; Member, AASA Delegate Assembly; Member, State of Indiana Education Roundtable; President, Ball Stare University Teachers College Alumni Association; Member, National Board of Visitors for Indiana University School of Education . The School of Education of Indiana University is an academic unit within the university, with a presence on the two core campuses of IU, Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. It offers a range of degrees in professional education: a B.S. ; CITA/NCA Delegate, 2001 Conference on School Accreditation in Beijing, China; Harvard University-John F. Kennedy School of Government Leadership Seminar on "Change, Chaos, Conflict and Courage;" Member, Board of Visitors, Butler University School of Education; Past Chair, NCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and President-elect, North Central Association
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