[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3659-S3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        DR. CHARLENE R. NUNLEY, PRESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

 Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the 
installation of Dr. Charlene R. Nunley as the new President of 
Montgomery College. After a national search by the College's Board of 
Trustees, Dr. Nunley becomes the sixth President of Montgomery College, 
Maryland's largest community college, founded in 1946.
  Dr. Nunley has already contributed enormously to this institution in 
her former position as Executive Vice President and Chief 
Administrative Officer, where she was responsible for a $110 million 
budget, and provided academic leadership for 40,000 credit and 
noncredit students each year on three different campuses. Dr. Nunley 
takes over the helm from Robert E. Parilla, whose two-decade tenure was 
critical to the vision and growth that enabled Montgomery College to 
become one of Maryland's premier community colleges. Not only was Dr. 
Nunley Mr. Parilla's personal choice for President, she also has been 
with Montgomery College even longer than he, beginning her involvement 
six months prior to the start of the Parilla Presidency. It is, in 
fact, Dr. Nunley's longevity that is at the root of her deep and 
personal dedication to this institution. This extensive institutional 
knowledge also gives her the wisdom and credibility to formulate a 
clear vision for the future growth of Montgomery College as we approach 
the new millennium.
  Dr. Parilla and the Board of Directors were certainly not the only 
ones who felt strongly that Nunley was the right person for this job. 
Corporate securities advisor Gordon Macklin announced that he and his 
wife would be making a $1.26 million gift to the school after Nunley 
became President. This gift, announced on January 27, 1999, constitutes 
the largest single charitable gift to a Maryland community college and 
will provide for the establishment of the Gordon and Marilyn Mack in 
Business Institute. The Macklin Institute, expected to open in the fall 
of 1999, will offer an honors program for second-year students who will 
be provided with a scholarship, a laptop computer, a summer internship, 
and a faculty and corporate mentor. Therefore not only does this 
Institute offer an increased business curriculum and high-tech training 
to Montgomery College students, but it will encourage strong business 
students to enroll at Montgomery College, and will promote economic 
development in the area.
  Additionally, on March 24, 1999, Montgomery College received its 
second historic gift since Nunley was named President on January 4 of 
this year. Paul Peek, a computer systems manager from McLean, Virginia 
donated $1.3 million to the College's Humanities Institute and Art 
Department. This represents the single largest individual gift ever to 
a Maryland community college, and will be used to support the ongoing 
work of both the Humanities Institute and the Department of Art. In 
appreciation for this gift, Montgomery College has named the Humanities 
Institute and the Rockville Campus's Art Building in Peck's name.
  Dr. Nunley was educated at Pennsylvania State University and received 
a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from George Washington 
University. Before joining Montgomery College 26 years ago, Dr. Nunley 
served as Director of Institutional Research at Howard Community 
College in Columbia, Maryland, and began her career in education at the 
Potomac State College of West Virginia University.
  Mr. President, Dr. Nunley's creativity, effectiveness and dedication

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have already contributed enormously to Montgomery College, and have 
significantly furthered the strength of its links with the local 
government and business communities. I have the utmost confidence in 
Dr. Nunley's ability to lead Montgomery College into the next century, 
and look forward to working with her during another successful 20-year 
tenure.

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