‘Transformative
leader’
inaugurated as president Dr. Debra A. Schwinn outlines a bright vision for PBA’s future: Purpose, People and Possibilities A university’s presidential inauguration usually celebrates the coming of the new president, but in a belated ceremony Oct. 8, some 600 people turned out to applaud the president who so ably had led Palm Beach Atlantic University through the unique challenges of the prior 17 months.
school dean, had assumed the presidency on May 4, 2020, but the pandemic delayed her inauguration. “Before COVID, who could have imagined that having a president who is also a medical doctor would be so useful during a global pandemic?” she said. “Only God could have ordained such details.”
“Dr. Schwinn is a transformative leader who is grounded in deep faith, who is continuously prayerful and who has boundless energy, strength, courage and perseverance needed to help guide this university to be the shining light on the hill,” said Timothy Sotos, chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees.
Schwinn’s old friend and medical colleague Dr. Carmen L. Green introduced her at the installation ceremony at Family Church Downtown, across the street from the University. Green, dean of the CUNY School of Medicine at the City College of New York, called Schwinn an accomplished, iconic scientist and scholar with a “true gift” of leadership.
Schwinn, a physician, scientist and former medical
“As a member of the National Academy of Medicine,
A crowd of 600 turned out for the installation ceremony at Family Church Downtown.
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