Year In Review
Finnegan inaugurated as Longwood president
October 2011
Patrick Finnegan was inaugurated Oct. 21 as Longwood’s 25th president.
Patrick Finnegan, president of Longwood University, receives the chain of office from Dr. Ken Perkins (left) and Dr. Jim Jordan.
Finnegan, a retired Army brigadier general, became president July 1, 2010, after serving as chief academic officer at the United States Military Academy at West Point, his alma mater. The inauguration ceremony in Jarman culminated a two-day event that also included service projects on- and off-campus, a concert in Finnegan’s honor, a lecture series, a campuswide picnic and a black tie dinner to raise funds for the future student center.
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a West Point classmate and longtime friend of Finnegan’s, was the keynote speaker for the inauguration, which was attended by alumni representatives from the classes of 1943 through 2011 and delegates from about 40 academic institutions. For the inauguration’s theme, Finnegan chose “Scholarship. Service. Standards.”
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