Former North Dakota higher education leader dies at 78

FARGO — A

former North Dakota College System chief

has died.

Robert Potts died Friday, Oct. 28, at his house in Florence, Alabama, after being recognized with most cancers, in keeping with an obituary. He was 78 years outdated.

Potts served because the North Dakota College System chancellor from 2004 via 2006. The Discussion board reported {that a} majority of the State Board of Greater Schooling in 2006 needed Potts to resign a yr earlier than his contract ended.

Potts elected to resign on July 31, 2006, citing philosophical variations with board members on how the system ought to function and making use of insurance policies equally to all campuses, in keeping with Discussion board archives.

He additionally informed the newspaper that then-North Dakota State College President Joseph Chapman refused to simply accept his authority and “mainly thumbs his nostril at me.” Chapman claimed he “tried to be skilled in all of this.”

Potts was requested to

proceed as a marketing consultant

for the college system after stepping down as chancellor. He went on to be the Arkansas State College president in 2006. He retired because the interim Arkansas College System president in 2011.

In a press release, the North Dakota College System known as his profession a “legacy of management in increased schooling.” The assertion mentioned he made many contributions to increased schooling.

“Potts by no means forgot about North Dakota and made many lifetime mates right here, oftentimes coming again to the state to benefit from the out of doors actions that the state has to supply,” the assertion mentioned.