Fallon finalist for president job at North Country CC in New York

In the “where are they now?” category of things: John Fallon is one of four finalists for the job as president of North Country Community College in New York: NCCC narrows presidential search to four. This brief article from the local media in northeastern New York emphasizes Fallon’s past job as president of SUNY-Potsdam, which makes sense since NCCC about 75 miles away from Potsdam in the Adirondack mountains.

Here’s the part on Fallon:

Dr. Fallon began his career in 1973 in a joint appointment role as an assistant professor and consultant at Ball State University in Indiana.

He has served as president of William Penn University in Iowa, the State University of New York at Potsdam and Eastern Michigan University. For the past year, Dr. Fallon has been serving as a senior fellow with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University (BS), Northern Michigan University (MA) and Michigan State University (Ph.D.). Dr. Fallon is married to Dr. Sidney Lynn Miller Fallon; they have four children.

Interestingly, I didn’t realize Fallon went off to that place where university presidents go in an attempt to be rehabilitated from the past, the AASCU. And I have to assume that the only reason why Fallon is a finalist for this job is because of connections he has in the region. After all, he’s the only finalist for this job who doesn’t have explicit experience at a community college.

Well, anyone doing a bit of internet research on Fallon will probably come across EMUTalk.org, so if there are New Yorkers new to this site, a big howdy from me. Oh, and I might suggest passing on Fallon for a variety of different reasons….