FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 2, 2006
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HOUGHTON COLLEGE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH UPDATE

HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Rev. Dr. Karl Eastlack, chair of the Presidential Search Committee at Houghton College, announced that Dr. Shirley Mullen, currently the Provost at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, Calif., Houghton College Class of 1976, is the Presidential Search Committee’s nominee to the Board of Trustees to be Houghton’s next President. The Search Committee’s action is significant, but is merely a recommendation. The decision-making process will not be final until the Board of Trustees votes to elect Dr. Mullen. This decision will be made during its spring meeting on May 19 and 20. 

A news release will be forthcoming when the Board has acted on the Search Committee’s recommendation.