2006-07 Media Guide - Washington & Lee - Washington and Lee ...
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<strong>Washington</strong> washington <strong>and</strong> lee<br />
KEN RUSCIO, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT<br />
Ken Ruscio officially began his duties as<br />
the University's 26th president in July <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Ruscio earned a B.A. in politics from <strong>Washington</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> in 1976 <strong>and</strong> earned an M.P.A.<br />
<strong>and</strong> Ph.D. from Syracuse University's Maxwell<br />
School of Citizenship <strong>and</strong> Public Affairs in 1978<br />
<strong>and</strong> 1983, respectively.<br />
Ruscio served as a professor of politics,<br />
associate dean of the Williams School of Commerce,<br />
Economics, <strong>and</strong> Politics, <strong>and</strong> dean of<br />
freshmen at W&L from 1987 until 2002, when<br />
he became the dean of the Jepson School of<br />
Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.<br />
Ruscio has also taught at Worcester Polytechnic<br />
Institute <strong>and</strong> Kansas University <strong>and</strong> was<br />
a postdoctoral research scholar at UCLA. He recently completed his second term as<br />
national president of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership society begun at W&L<br />
in 1914 that now has chapters at over 300 campuses. He has led <strong>and</strong> served on dozens<br />
of academic, professional <strong>and</strong> civic committees.<br />
Ruscio is married to the former Kimberley O'Donnell of New York. They have a<br />
son, Matt, age 16.<br />
CHUCK O'CONNELL, INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR<br />
CHUCK O'CONNELL, INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR<br />
Chuck O’Connell will serve the <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>07</strong><br />
school year as Interim Director of Athletics at<br />
<strong>Washington</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Lee</strong>, becoming just the sixth<br />
athletic director in the school’s history.<br />
O’Connell arrived at W&L in 1973 as assistant<br />
professor of physical education, assistant<br />
lacrosse <strong>and</strong> assistant football coach. He<br />
was named assistant athletic director in 1983,<br />
overseeing the department’s finances, facilities<br />
<strong>and</strong> operations. In 1991, he became the director<br />
of physical education <strong>and</strong> in 2002, he was<br />
promoted to senior assistant athletic director.<br />
As assistant football coach from 1973-90,<br />
including 13 seasons as defensive coordinator,<br />
O’Connell helped guide the Generals to ODAC<br />
Championships in 1981 <strong>and</strong> 1985, while mentoring<br />
16 players to First Team All-Conference honors.<br />
As assistant lacrosse coach from 1974-83, O’Connell helped steer the Generals<br />
to six NCAA Division I Tournament berths <strong>and</strong> 36 players earned USILA Division I All-<br />
America honors during his 10 seasons.<br />
Prior to his arrival at W&L, O’Connell served as instructor <strong>and</strong> assistant football<br />
<strong>and</strong> assistant lacrosse coach at Friends School (1965-67) <strong>and</strong> St. Paul’s School (1967-<br />
73), both located in his native Baltimore.<br />
A 1965 graduate of Denison University, O’Connell was inducted into the school’s<br />
athletic hall of fame in 1985 following a stellar playing career with the Big Red. A twotime<br />
lacrosse All-American, he is also a member of the Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame <strong>and</strong><br />
the Maryl<strong>and</strong> Lacrosse Club Hall of Fame.<br />
Active on the national stage, O’Connell is a member of the Division III Athletics<br />
Administration Association, the National Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) <strong>and</strong><br />
is the past president of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)<br />
<strong>and</strong> US Lacrosse Coaches Association.<br />
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