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banowsky completes reign Dr. William Banowsky, after serving seven years as president of Pepperdine University, resigned Aug. 15. The 42-year-old Banowsky, succeeded here at Pepperdine by Dr. Howard White, went on to become president at the University of Oklahoma. He replaced Dr. Paul Sharp who resigned after he suffered a stroke in January, 1978. Banowsk s decision came as a surprise to many, but he felt it was the right one. I’m the kind of person who thrives on a challenge, said Banowsky. It's fundamental in my make-up. He added, I did not seek this job. I turned it down once; it sort of kept coming back. Banowsky noted growth, challenge, opportunity and returning to his roots as the major reasons for leaving Pepperdine. My intellectual curiosity and the rest of me that makes me work is telling me, 'Look, I want to be over there in that arena too,’ where the fellas say,'It's tougher over here, the players play meaner, and the questions are more ferocious.' You've also got to remember I'm not going to the University of Florida or Maine, the Oklahoma native added. I'm going home. Banowsky said it was not easy giving up a job that he has had his own personal expression in. This will probably be the most important contribution I will ever make in my life, the most creative, he said. But it was time to move on, the outgoing chief executive continued. I was getting a little bored. I'm not the kind of guy who is a caretaker. I wasn't meant to preside over anything that's sort of already there. That is not to say Banowsky believes the growth of Pepperdine University is now stagnant. Instead he termed the university an emerging institution. and said Pepperdine is struggling upstream. doing a great job, and coming on.” Banowsky felt improvements must come before the university is recognized as a top educational institution. We have an excellent faculty, but it would make them look better if we had a few stars. But that will take money, Banowsky said. He also called for an increase in scholarship money to draw higher quality students, otherwise we're going to be a college where the admission standards will be who can pay the tuition. He retains his religious beliefs, and hopes the value system which separates this university from others will remain intact. But as his past record proves, he said he also hoped more light would be shed on student living. He advocated off-campus dancing, and reduced required chapel to one day a week. On the issue of dorm visitation rights, Banowsky again felt the old rules need changing. I've said to all my colleagues, 'What is this? Let them go visit or whatever they're talking about.’ I'm not for coeducational dorms, but I think a little more light ought to come in on that point, said the outgoing president. Banowsky felt there is light though, and admitted, Anybody can do pretty much what he wants to around here-l think we all know that. Other problems Banowsky concerned himself with while at Pepperdine included changing George Pepperdine’s founding charter that excluded from the Board of Regents anyone who was not a Church of Christ member. Although Banowsky left the head position, he remains an active member of the Regents. He said he hoped to return often to speak at Convocation, and involve himself with Seaver College activities. Banowsky said the thought of leaving Pepperdine saddened him because he loved the university and its students. You (the students) are the human be ings that populated my dream.” 14 news
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