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Board of Trustees names new chairman: C.E. ‘Doc’ Cornutt will serve five-year term

August 28, 2006 by Mallory Sherwood Schlabach

By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief

The ACU Board of Trustees announced Saturday that C.E. ‘Doc’ Cornutt was chosen as the new chair of the ACU Board of Trustees.

Cornutt will begin his five-year term after the next meeting in February. Until then, he will serve as chair-elect, said Dr. Royce Money, president of the university.

Don Crisp is the chair of Rosewood Corporations in Dallas and has been chair of the university’s Board of Trustees for three consecutive terms.

“I’ve served 15 years on the board after being re-elected, and it’s been a great experience,” Crisp said. “Most people who want to serve on the board want to because they love ACU, so it’s an honor when you are chosen to be on it. It was an honor for me to be chosen by my fellow trustees to lead them.”

Crisp said the main duties of the Board of Trustees are to select and support the president of the university as well as monitor him while in office. It also creates policies the president will implement.

Cornutt, 1970 alumnus with a degree in business administration, was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1989. He is the chief executive officer of Argent Property Company, a commercial real estate business.

He resides in Dallas with his wife Linda and their three children. He is currently the co-chair of the Centennial Campaign.

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