The president of Michigan?s Oakland University, Gary D. Russi, will retire this summer, he announced on Wednesday. Hours later, the university announced that the president?s wife, Beckie Francis, had been relieved of her duties as head women?s basketball coach, effective immediately. Mr. Russi?s retirement is effective August 1. According to The Detroit News, it was unclear whether the two departures were linked. When asked if Mr. Russi was leaving because of his wife?s situation, the university?s director of media relations, Ted Montgomery, said, ?I do not know that to be true.?
Mr. Russi has been president or interim president of Oakland, a public institution near Detroit, since 1995. In a news release, Michael Kramer, chairman of Oakland?s Board of Trustees, praised Mr. Russi as a ?transformational leader? and said he had ?helped the institution reach new benchmarks for enrollment, research, collaboration, and academic opportunities.? The university?s campus, academic offerings, student population, and faculty have all grown during his tenure, but his relations with the faculty have sometimes been rocky. Some of its members called for his resignation after a weeklong strike in 2009.
Ms. Francis?s termination was announced without explanation by the director of athletics, Tracy A. Huth.? A spokesman for the athletics department declined to comment to the Detroit Free Press, as did Ms. Francis. The newspaper described her as the second-winningest coach in the program?s history, with a 227-152 record in 13 seasons. In posts to her Twitter account, Ms. Francis said she and her husband had ?talked about retiring for a while now?it?s time for both of us.? She also said she would continue her advocacy work to bring public awareness to the issue of sexual assault.
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