BATON ROUGE – State Supreme Court Justice James “Jimmy” Genovese was unanimously approved Thursday by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors as the new president at Northwestern State University.
Genovese’s appointment becomes effective when he signs an employment contract, which is anticipated quickly, said Board Chairman Mark Romero of New Iberia.
Genovese fielded questions from the board for a half hour in an open session. Then the board went into executive session with Genovese and emerged about a half hour later to unanimously pass the motion, offered by board member Joe Salter of Florien and seconded by Dr. John Noble of Lake Charles, to name the 74-year-old Northwestern graduate the university’s 21st president.
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