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in keeping with one of the nation's
most innovative universities. A second that embraced a community
college's all-out push for greater diversity and higher completion rates.
Another that helped its university grab a prime spot in Los Angeles' hot,
new "Silicon Beach" development. One that helped remake the curriculum of a liberal arts college that has sparked an immediate enrollment surge. A
fifth board that weathered internal turmoil to guide a former chiropractic college
to new heights. And a brand new board helping a regional public university face its
challenges.
These are the six winners of the 2019-2020 AGB John W. Nason Award for
Board Leadership, an honor for trustees who have demonstrated backbone, foresightedness, and determination in fulfilling their role as the financial stewards of
their institutions' future as well as their current course.
The Nason Award, established in 1992 and presented in partnership with TIAA,
invokes the example of its namesake, John Nason (1905-2001), the Swarthmore
College president who during World War II led the effort to find places at 600
colleges and universities for nearly 4,000 American students of Japanese ancestry
who'd been interned in relocation camps.
The recipients are as follows:
■	 Anne Arundel Community College Board of Trustees (MD)
■	 Arizona State University (ASU) Enterprise Partners Board of Directors
■	 Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Board of Trustees (CA)
■	 McDaniel College Board of Trustees (MD)
■	 Parker University Board of Trustees (TX)
■	 Southern Oregon University (SOU) Board of Trustees 
They were selected from more than 30 nominations illustrating the critical work
of boards from public and private institutions, statewide systems, and institutionally related foundations. "This award embodies AGB's vision-by recognizing
boards that are strategic partners of their institutions, help to advance student success and well-being, and enhance institutional vitality," said Henry Stoever, AGB's
president and CEO.
Together, what these six boards did to help their institutions rise to challenges
serve as exemplars for other boards facing difficulties of their own. Here are their
stories.

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