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Saratoga Springs,
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Phyllis A. Roth
Phyllis A. Roth has had a long and distinguished career at
Skidmore. A member of the faculty since 1976, she was
a coordinator of the Women's Studies Program from 1983 to 1985, English Department chair
from 1985 to 1989, and dean of the faculty from 1990 to 2000.
While President Porter was on sabbatical in 1993, Dean Roth held the
reins as acting president from January to August. During that time, Roth
oversaw a $41.5 million bond issue that funded the renovation and
expansion of the Lucy Scribner library, Dana Science Center, and the
Sports and Recreation Center.
"It was a heady time," Roth recalled, "especially to the end of enhancing the intellectual tone on campus and
intellectual visibility of the college nationally, and of getting some
necessary projects done, but it was tight times financially."
The College again turned to Dean Roth in 1999, when President Porter retired
and the incoming president, Jamienne S. Studley, was still six months away from
assuming office. As interim president from January to June, Roth and her staff worked to ease the transition for the incoming
Studley, "husbanding our resources" and wrapping up ongoing projects.
Creative Thought Matters.
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