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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2588102, member: 6761"] Once you get sucked into the office, with the support staff looking up to you, the expensive dinners with wealthy alums, the rush of being called "president" by faculty and students, it's really, really hard to let go. I've seen a brilliant researcher made acting president precisely because he adamantly denied wanting the permanent title, then turn around and do everything possible (in vain) to get it. Power is simply seductive in a way that most of us can't imagine unless we've experienced it. Power in the academy is pathetic, but it is power nonetheless. The guy has always enjoyed doing this kind of stuff, and I'm not criticizing: someone's got to do it: [URL="http://louisville.edu/president/biography"]Biography — Office of the President[/URL] [/QUOTE]