University of Holy Cross President Dr. David “Buck” Landry is planning to retire this summer, university officials announced Monday (April 15).
The private university’s 18th president said his retirement will occur by June 30 or whenever the university’s Board of Trustees selects his successor, according to a UHC news release. Landry plans to stay to help with the transition to the new administration until his successor is installed. The university’s board will form a search committee at its April 17 meeting, according to a university news release.
“My proudest moments at the University of Holy Cross are transforming the university from a locally based college to a nationally accredited and highly ranked university, launching new and innovative educational programs especially in the health science field, building new housing and learning facilities, and upgrading the school’s infrastructure,” according to Landry in a released statement.
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Landry, who turns 76 this year, worked for nearly three decades in the financial services industry, including six years as the managing director of Raymond James. An Army veteran, Landry has also held various administrative positions at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., and Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. He was a member of UHC’s board before he was named university president in 2014.
Landry replaced former president Ronald Ambrosetti, who received a unanimous vote of "no confidence" in 2014 from the faculty assembly of Our Lady of Holy Cross College, UHC’s previous name. Ambrosetti in 2012 succeeded Myles Seghers, UHC’s interim president after Rev. Anthony DeConciliis was fired in August 2011.
During Landry’s tenure, officials stated Our Lady of Holy Cross College was renamed, it launched its first doctorate programs, expanded many of its masters programs, and restructured the school’s governance while increasing overall student enrollment by 10 percent.
Specifically, officials credit Landry for the fundraising, planning, and construction of the university’s 60,000-square-foot residence hall, the school’s first-ever dormitory. He also spearheaded the construction of the new 7,000-square-foot Health Science Center, which will be home to the expanded undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs, officials stated.
“Buck agreed to step up with his accomplished academic expertise when we needed him the most, taking the reins of a century-old New Orleans educational institution and transforming it from a small local college to a fully-accredited university,” according to UHC Board of Trustees Chair Dennise V. Tabony in a released statement.
“While other similar local and national universities suffered cutbacks, Buck led UHC to its pinnacle of excellence while increasing the enrollment. He has literally taken our university, which was once known to many as Louisiana’s best kept secret to what has now become a story to share and celebrate nationwide,” Tabony stated.
The University of Holy Cross is a Catholic university in Algiers that offers more than 65 majors and programs to more than 1,300 students. The university was founded in 1916 as a mission of the Marianites of Holy Cross, whose distinguished history of educating minds and hearts dates to 1848.
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Wilborn P. Nobles III is an education reporter based in New Orleans. He can be reached at wnobles@nola.com or on Twitter at @WilNobles.
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