Thursday, October 14, 2010
Spalding University To Install New President
KENTUCKY....
Tori Murden McClure, a Louisville lawyer who was the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, will be formally installed as president of Spalding University during a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville Sunday. McClure, who rowed solo across the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 81 days aboard a 23-foot boat named American Pearl in 1999, will become the school's 28th president after serving as Spalding's vice president of external relations. McClure holds a master's degree in divinity from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Louisville.
Tori Murden McClure, a Louisville lawyer who was the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, will be formally installed as president of Spalding University during a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville Sunday. McClure, who rowed solo across the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 81 days aboard a 23-foot boat named American Pearl in 1999, will become the school's 28th president after serving as Spalding's vice president of external relations. McClure holds a master's degree in divinity from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Louisville.