Dr. Robert Dorff Named Executive Director of the Institute of Political Leadership
3/12/2004 12:00:00 AM
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Dr. Michael C. Blackwell, Chair of the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, today announced that Dr. Robert “Robin” Dorff will become the Executive Director of the Institute on July l, 2004.
Dorff is currently the Chair of the Department of National Security and Strategy at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Before becoming a professor there, he was a Political Science Professor at North Carolina State University, Chairman of the Faculty and a founder of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. During his many years in North Carolina, Dr. Dorff was a political analyst on public and commercial radio and television.
Blackwell, who is also the President of the Baptist Children’s Homes, said “The Board of Directors is proud to elect Dr. Dorff the new Executive Director of the Institute of Political Leadership. Robin succeeds Dr. Walt De Vries, who founded and led the IOPL for seventeen years. The Board looks forward to the continuation and expansion of the Institute’s leadership program in the years ahead.”
De Vries remarked “I am so pleased that Robin will be the next Executive Director. He is one of the few political scientists in America with strong academic credentials and real, practical experience.”
Upon being named for the post Dorff comments, “It is a wonderful program that Walt and others have built and we will do everything we can to preserve, enhance and expand the Institute.”
Chairman Blackwell said, “The IOPL Board plans to move the offices of the Institute to Raleigh in order for it to be closer to the state capital with more access to the state legislature, the governor and major policy groups. For the past five years, we have appreciated the support and our affiliation with UNCW and will continue to work with them on special political and governmental programs.”
The N.C. Institute of Political Leadership is a multi-partisan, non-profit, research and educational institution formed to improve the overall quality of political and governmental leadership at the state and local levels. With the graduation of the current Spring, 2004 Class, 704 Fellows have been through the Institute’s leadership program. Ninety-one percent (91%) of the IOPL Fellows have been involved in elective and appointive political, governmental and community service.
Contact: Dr. Robert “Robin” Dorff (717) 245-3273, Dr. Walt De Vries (910) 962-7585
Dr. Michael C. Blackwell (336) 474-1221, Ms. Mimi Cunningham, UNCW (910) 962-3171
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