Larry Gould, the former provost at Fort Hays State University who
\nreturned to the classroom in October 2013 as a professor of political
\nscience, has been named an “Icon of Education” by Ingram’s, the Kansas City
\nbusiness magazine.<\/p>\n
Dennis Boone, managing editor of Ingram’s, said the nine honorees for 2015
\nshare the ability to inspire in students not just a desire to learn but to
\nlive what they learn. “That may be the most important contribution that an
\neducator makes over the course of a career,” Boone said. “It\u2019s a quality we
\nlook for every year at Ingram\u2019s when we take on a nearly impossible task:
\nwinnowing to a comparative handful the rich roster of candidates for
\nconsideration as one of Missouri and Kansas\u2019 Icons of Education.”<\/p>\n
Since launching the program in 2009, Ingram’s has recognized the career
\ncontributions of dozens of administrators, professors, academic researchers
\nand teachers.<\/p>\n
“I’m delighted with the recognition, but nobody gets selected for this
\ncareer contribution without the teamwork and support of countless
\ncolleagues, students and friends at Fort Hays State and throughout the
\nglobal higher education community,” Gould said. “This designation is as
\nmuch their honor as it is mine. In the end, it has been their work and
\ncommitment that has made FHSU the ‘icon’ of accessible, affordable quality
\neducation among state comprehensive universities across the nation. I’m
\njust happy to have been a part of that remarkable journey. I’m convinced
\nthe new generation of institutional leadership will keep us on that pathway
\nto future success.”<\/p>\n
Ingram’s said that Gould was a man who seems to have spent his entire life
\nat the right place, at the right time, embracing megatrends that defined
\nAmerica for half a century.<\/p>\n
The Ingram’s article stated: “From witnessing a new dawn in Scientific
\nAmerica after Sputnik, to the democratization of higher education, from
\nliving through the civil-rights era and Vietnam to engaging something
\ncalled the Internet long before competing colleges realized its potential,
\nGould is the product of an unbridled intellectual curiosity about the way
\nmankind processes current events and a deep-seated belief that, in his
\nwords, ‘education is the fuel that runs the ship of the state we call
\nAmerican democracy.’<\/p>\n
“His list of signature accomplishments defies description. The native of
\nMassachusetts\u2019 Berkshires region came to Fort Hays State in 1984 as
\nfounding director of its Docking Institute of Public Affairs, taught
\npolitical science for eight years, served as dean of the College of Arts
\nand Sciences for seven and as provost for 16. He chaired the search
\ncommittee that made recently retired Ed Hammond FHSU\u2019s president in 1987.
\nHe\u2019s served on Regents\u2019 committees and the Faculty Senate, and even chaired
\nHays\u2019 planning commission for 28 years. And he was among the chief
\narchitects of distance-learning initiatives that have given Fort Hays a
\nhuge footprint in China, among other places, in the early 1990s.”<\/p>\n
Mirta M. Martin, FHSU president, said the honor from Ingram’s was well
\ndeserved. “Dr. Larry Gould presided over our Academic Division as provost
\nduring the years when Fort Hays State accomplished some amazing and
\ntrailblazing initiatives,” she said. “Chief among them were a Virtual
\nCollege that has made us a national leader in providing online education
\nand the development of partnerships with Chinese universities that have
\nproduced annual FHSU enrollments in China of more than 3,000 students.
\nThese are notable achievements, and I congratulate Larry on his recognition
\nas an Ingram’s Icon of Education.”<\/p>\n
About Ingram’s
\nIngram\u2019s is Kansas City\u2019s premier business publication and has been for the
\npast 40 years. With more than 105,000 influential and affluent monthly
\nreaders and 25,000 additional readers of Ingram\u2019s Quarterly Reports and
\nreprint sections, Ingram\u2019s has earned the respect of top executives in the
\nKansas City area, as well as one of the highest readership profiles of any
\nbusiness magazine, business journal or daily newspaper in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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