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President Weber to retire in 2011 Although some things he wished would have been different about his presidency is the state’s university budget cuts and decreased enrollment, Weber is happy with the long list of improvements that have been made to the university over the past fourteen years. In those years, Weber has seen $670 million of new construction added to the campus and an increase in philanthropy from $18 million to $65 million per year. Part of that philanthropy was the purchase of university house where Weber and his wife have lived for part of the last 14 years. Weber joked that he has always taken a perverse pleasure in stumping survey takers by telling them that he lives in public housing. He and his wife will have to move out at the end of the year. The two will not be homeless, however, they plan to live a small house they built together in Maine. “One of the other, really serendipitous things is that, when we built that house about 30 years ago, we didn’t have any money,” Weber said. The two only have rough plans as to what they will do for their retirement. “For a lot of the freshmen that are coming to campus right now, they think they know what they’re going to do as college students, but they don’t have a clue,” Weber said. “This is sort of like that, for me.” As for plans for Weber’s successor, the chancellor’s office is in the beginning stages of finding a replacement, according to CSU media relations specialist Erik Fallis. The CSU board of trustees will have the ultimate decision and Weber estimates that the next president will be named in the spring. Although it is not known at this point who the next university president will be, Weber estimates that he already knows the person who would replace him. “It’s a pretty small ‘club’ … and so there’s a good chance I know the next president,” Weber said. “I just don’t know which of the people I know will be that person.”
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President Stephen L. We-ber will retire in 2011 after 15 years of service as university president at San Diego State.
Try to think back three years. Some may not have been at San Diego State yet, but three years ago, SDSU President Stephen L. Weber announced his plans to retire in 2011. His plans have been finalized and the 2010-11 academic year will be his last year as university president. The upcoming year will be the fifteenth year for Weber as President of SDSU. Only six other university presidents have served prior to Weber, meaning the university presidents at SDSU have served an average of more than 16 years. The national average is closer to five. According to Weber, the fact that SDSU presidents have tended to serve so long is not a coincidence. “It’s just a good place to be a university president,” Weber said. “And I think that’s why my predecessors have tended to stay so long and why there have been relatively few.” Weber’s plan to retire is not a surprise for most, but his announcement brought out sentiments from colleagues. “President Weber has been a true leader, bringing SDSU into a new era and increasing the prominence and reputation of the university,” Kit Sickels, chair of The Campanile Foundation said in a press release. “The university is stronger and more prepared for the future thanks to his good work.” Weber originally planned to retire at the age of 65, but when it came around he wasn’t quite ready to retire. However, now that he will have reached 15 years of service, Weber is ready to pass the torch to someone new. “In point of fact, I will have done 15 years,” Weber said. “That’s long enough.” Now that Weber is entering his last year as president, his method will not be any different. He does plan to advocate for more funding in Sacramento and tell SDSU’s story to the public.
1898-1910
1996-2011
First university president: Samuel T. Black left his position as state superintendent of public instruction to become the school’s first president.
March 13, 1897 University founding: San Diego State began as the San Diego Normal School with seven faculty and 91 students.
President Stephen L. Weber
1978-1996 President Thomas B. Day
1910-1935
1977-1978
President Edward L. Hardy
Acting President Trevor Colbourn
1935-1952
1972-1977
President Walter R. Hepner
President Brage Golding
1952-1971 President Malcolm A. Love
1971-1972 Acting President Donald E. Walker