Tagliabue Named to Georgetown Post
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been named the chairman of the board at Georgetown University.
The school has announced this morning that Tagliabue was selected unanimously by its board of directors.
He is to serve a three-year term beginning next July 1.
Tagliabue is a Georgetown alum. He played basketball at the school, graduating in 1962, and delivered the commencement address there in 2006, shortly after announcing his retirement as NFL commissioner.
He was officially succeeded as commissioner by Roger Goodell in September 2006 after overseeing a period of extended labor peace and explosive financial growth for the league during his 17-year term.
"This is an especially exciting time for Georgetown University and I am pleased to be able to have the opportunity to work with a talented leadership team to advance its important mission of education, research and service," Tagliabue said in a written statement released by the school.
Tagliabue has served on the school's board of directors since 2006. He also serves as the chairman of the board of the Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce of the State University of New York.
At Georgetown, he succeeds Edmund A. Villani as board chairman.
"I am grateful for Paul's dedication to Georgetown and look forward to working with him in this new role," Georgetown President John J. DeGioia said in a written statement. "He has engaged deeply in the university since his days as an undergraduate and his leadership will be especially meaningful now to further our ongoing efforts to enhance Georgetown's mission at this critical time in history."
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December 11, 2008; 10:24 AM ET
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Posted by: Friff | December 11, 2008 5:02 PM
And to think someday many, many years from now STEPHEN CURRY will be invited to occupy a seat on GU's board of directors. And in his first meeting, he'll REMIND everybody about his MIRACULOUS COME-FROM-BEHIND victory back back in 2008 down 17-points...in which he'll LIFT UP his shirt and proceed to do the SHUFFLE TRUFFLE just like the character Chunk did on THE GOONIES.
Posted by: Slim Pickens | December 11, 2008 4:44 PM
What does this have to do with the NFL?
Posted by: Michael1945 | December 11, 2008 3:30 PM
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amazingly Michael, events have the ability to be classified under two different arenas of sport. guy was a 17-yr commish, it's relevant.