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Campus supporter
will retire
By Dwight Flenniken
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On-line Forty-Niner
After 32 years
of service at Cal State Long Beach, Karl Anatol, university
provost and senior vice president, will be retiring after
the spring semester.
"His absence
from us is going to leave an empty space at this university,"
CSULB President Robert Maxson said.
Anatol earned his
bachelor's degree from Andrews University in 1966. He went
on to receive his master's degree from Purdue University in
1969. He then moved west to the University of Southern California
to work on his Ph.D. He finished his work in 1974 after earning
his doctorate in speech communications.
He has been a part
of the CSULB family since 1969. Through his years at the university
he has held many different positions. At one time, he was
an assistant and associate professor. He then moved on to
become chairman of the speech communications department and
later served as dean of the School of Humanities and Business
Administration. In 1993 he worked as acting president of the
university. Anatol has been the provost and senior vice president
since 1989.
"He is a leader
without having to announce he is a leader," said Kathy
Shaon, Anatol's assistant.
Shaon, who has
been in the provost office for six years, said one of Anatol's
greatest accomplishments was getting the deans of CSULB to
work as one cohesive unit.
While at CSULB,
Anatol served the Long Beach community as well. He was chairman
of the board of the United Way. He also served as chairman
of the national conference in Long Beach.
"Community
service involvement has always been a part of my habit and
practice and I plan to maintain this," Anatol said.
Maxson said he
hopes to see Anatol spending afternoons reading, writing and
listening to jazz.
Anatol has written
numerous books and published many journals. Coupled with his
reading and writing, he will also be involved in policy center
studies after leaving the campus.
"This is a
very dynamic campus that has grown under the dynamic leadership
of Bob Maxson," Anatol said.
This sort of mutual
admiration shows the level of cooperation between these top
university leaders.
"For both
personal and professional reasons I am sorry to see him leave,"
Maxson said.
Anatol said he
is most proud of the way the university has developed programs
for incoming students, which include University 100 and the
Student Orientation Advising and Registration, or SOAR program.
He said he will deeply miss the development of freshman at
CSULB.
The leadership
that Anatol has brought to the university, according to staff,
has had a meaningful impact on the campus.
"He had a
wonderful influence on the development of the university,"
Maxson said.
After dedicating
his life to this university, Anatol's staff said he will be
sorely missed. However, the feeling is mutual.
"I will miss this campus very much," Anatol said.
"I will miss most the care and nurturing of new students."
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