December 06, 2011
PASSHE Board of Governors names interim president for Mansfield University
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
Harrisburg – The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)
today appointed Dr. Allan J. Golden interim president of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania,
effective December 18.
Dr. Golden, who has served as interim vice president for finance and administration
at Mansfield since February, will serve as interim president until a new, permanent
president is hired. A search committee will be appointed by the university’s Council
of Trustees to identify and interview potential candidates. The Board of Governors
will make the final selection.
“I am confident Dr. Golden will provide excellent leadership to Mansfield University,”
said Board of Governors Vice Chairman Aaron A. Walton. “He is familiar with the institution,
and with PASSHE, having a long tenure with the State System. That experience will
be essential as he guides the university during this period of transition.”
Dr. Maravene Loeschke, who has served as president of Mansfield University since July
2006, announced earlier this year she would leave the university at the end of the
fall semester to become president of Towson University in Maryland, her alma mater.
Dr. Golden spent nearly 28 years as a senior administrator at California University
of Pennsylvania before retiring in late 2009. He came to Cal U. as vice president
for administrative affairs after serving as vice president for administration and
finance at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey.
He previously served as an assistant dean of business affairs at Baruch College of
the City University of New York (CUNY), executive assistant to the vice chancellor
for administration at CUNY and as assistant to the dean of administration at Hostos
Community College. Dr. Golden began his professional career as a middle and high school
social studies and English teacher.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in American history and government and a master’s degree
in social studies, both from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Ph.D. in higher
education administration from New York University.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher
education in the Commonwealth, with nearly 120,000 students. The 14 PASSHE universities
offer degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. About 500,000
PASSHE alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.
The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg,
Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery
Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. PASSHE also operates branch campuses
in Clearfield, Freeport, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including
the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.