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'Evan Samuel Dobelle', President of the New England Board of Higher Education, is known for promoting higher-education investment in the Creative Economy,^[1] public-private partnerships and the "College Ready" model that helps students graduate from high school and college.^[2]
Elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1973 and 1975, Dobelle was later Massachusetts State Commissioner of Environmental Management and Natural Resources. He was U.S. Chief of Protocol for the White House in the Carter administration (his wife Kit serving as Chief of Protocol and Chief of Staff to First Lady Rosalyn Carter), was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee and National Chairman of the Carter-Mondale Presidential Committee, and served on California Governor Ronald Reagan's commission for educational reform.
Dobelle was president of Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 and president and chancellor of City College of San Francisco from 1991. While president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (1995-2001), neighborhood renewal reversed declining enrollments.^[3] As president of the University of Hawaii (2001-2004), he backed unifying the system's campuses, establishing the Academy of Creative Media, building a new medical school, reforming financial and building practices and strengthening Native Hawaiian programs.
On June 15, 2004, after a change of Regent leadership, Dobelle was fired from his post as president of the University of Hawaii system "for cause." Dobelle Fired Craig Gima University Regents in leadership at that time were said to have cited concerns about Dobelle's spending, and about his failure to communicate clearly with the board.^[4]

A few weeks later, as part of a mediated settlement, the university rescinded the firing. Dobelle agreed to resign from the presidency and not to apply for any other University of Hawaii positions, and the university agreed to a two-year non-tenured research position and a settlement of $1.6 million, with no finding of wrongdoing on the part of either Dobelle or the board.^[5]

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Trivia

★ Dobelle's brother, William H. Dobelle, was a scientist who developed a system of artificial vision for the blind.

Footnotes

1. Ex-President Dobelle Ranks ‘Em
2. Selling New England Evan Dobelle
3. The Man to Do It Fay Wolfe
4. Wipeout in Hawaii Julianne Basinger
5. U. of Hawaii Settles Dispute With President Julianne Basinger

External links

★ ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Tuesday, August 28, 2007, "Wikipedia slurs traced to Hawaii state PCs"

★ ''The Berkshire Eagle'', January 08, 2005, "A visit with Mayor Dobelle"

★ ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', October 3, 2004, "PR firm consulted on Dobelle"