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School Administrator, March, 1999

Roger J. Lulow

After several months as the interim superintendent, Roger Lulow assumed the permanent post of superintendent of the Greenwich, Conn., Public Schools. He served as superintendent in the Willoughby-Eastlake, Ohio, district from 1983 to 1996 and earlier was deputy superintendent in Cleveland. He is a former Ohio state superintendent of the year.

Glenn W. McGee

Following a 12-year stint as a district superintendent, Glenn "Max" McGee has been named state superintendent of education in Illinois. He spent seven years as superintendent in Deerfield, Ill., and five years in the top post of the Aptakisic-Tripp School District in Buffalo Grove, Ill. McGee started as a 6th-grade teacher in Darien, Ill.

J. Bruce McKenna

The Dover Union Free School District in Dover Plains, N.Y., has lost its superintendent of the past 21 1/2 years to the superintendency of Hampton Bays on Long Island. Bruce McKenna, who is president-elect of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, earlier worked as an assistant superintendent in Salem, N.H.

Griff E. Powell

Griff Powell, who earlier in his career worked as a teacher and administrator in the Niles Township, Ill., district, has been named superintendent. He has worked since 1983 as a superintendent in Ramapo, N.Y., and West Chicago, Highwood-Highland Park and Grayslake, all in Illinois. He started as a math teacher.

Ana Tilton

Following a brief stint as superintendent in Soquel, Calif., Ana Tilton has joined the Edison Project as vice president of operating schools, responsible for schools in the western region. An educator since 1972, Tilton earlier served as assistant superintendent and director of curriculum, research and planning in Chula Vista, Calif.

Chad Woolery

A former superintendent in Dallas for three years, Chad Woolery has been named chief executive officer of the HOSTS (Helping One Student to Succeed) Corp., based in Vancouver, Wash. He joined HOSTS last year after serving as president of Voyager Expanded Learning. Woolery spent 30 years in public education.

TRANSITIONS

APPOINTMENTS

Roger Brady, from assistant superintendent, Boone County Schools, Florence, Ky., to superintendent, Campbell County Schools, Alexandria, Ky.

Anthony E. Burger, from superintendent, Harbor Creek School District, Harborcreek, Pa., to superintendent, McGuffey School District, Claysville, Pa.

James P. Chittum, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Brookfield, Conn.

David Costa, from principal, West Glocester Elementary School, Chepachet, R.I., to superintendent, Foster-Glocester Regional School District, Chepacher, R.I.

Mike Elsberry, from superintendent, Hot Springs, S.D., to superintendent, Woonsocket, S.D.

Harry Fensom Jr., from superintendent, Adirondack Central Schools, Boonville, N.Y., to superintendent, School Administrative Unit 44, Northwood, N.H.

Fulton (Jock) Fischer, from assistant superintendent, Anaheim, Calif., to superintendent, Palo Verde Unified Schools, Blythe, Calif.

John Gratto, from superintendent, Ausable Valley Central Schools, Clintonville, N.Y., to superintendent, Brittonkill Central Schools, Troy, N.Y.

Gerald G. Huesken, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Conestoga Valley School District, Lancaster, Pa.

Ron Jacobson, from superintendent, Sully Buttes School District, Onida, S.D., to superintendent, Redfield, S.D.

Thomas Knight, from superintendent, Bethlehem Center School District, Fredericktown, Pa., to superintendent, East Allegheny School District, North Versailles, Pa.

Darrell Lockwood, from director of professional development, Area Co-op Educational Services, Hamden, Conn., to superintendent, School Administrative Unit 19, Goffstown, N.H.

Charles Molloy, from superintendent, Granville, N.Y., to superintendent, Frankfort Schuyler Central Schools, Frankfort, N.Y.

J. Paul Mueller, from assistant superintendent, to superintendent, Elizabeth, Pa.

RETIREMENTS

Nicholas F. Corbo, superintendent, Roseland, N.J.

Frank Ehrhart, superintendent, Valhalla, N.Y.

Julian Gazzano, superintendent, Tuckahoe Common School, Southhampton, N.Y.

Delmer Hofer, superintendent, Laurens-Marathon Community Schools, Laurens, Iowa

Richard D. Sherr, executive director, Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, East Petersburg, Pa.

Donald L. Wright, superintendent, Sahuarita, Ariz.

HONORS

William C. Bosher Jr., superintendent, Chesterfield, Va., appointed distinguished professor of education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

George Cassell, retired superintendent, Alexandria, Minn., elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives

Wayne Doyle, superintendent, Gateway School District, Monroeville, Pa., received Lincoln Investment/Jerry Wycallis Award for Service from Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and Lincoln Investment Planning

Karl V. Hertz, AASA past president, elected to the Village of Thiensville Board, Thiensville, Wis.

Gerry House, superintendent, Memphis, Tenn., received 1998 Richard R. Green Award from the Council of the Great City Schools

William J. Leary, named the first Distinguished Faculty Fellow, College of Education, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla.