Oakland University Names Its New President: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz is Oakland University’s new president. She was officially announced by the Board of Trustees as their choice early Thursday afternoon. Pescovitz will replace outgoing president George Hynd this August.

She beat out finalist Carl Camden, the former Kelly Services CEO, for the job. Pescovitz received a five-year contract with an annual salary of $457,500 and will live in Sunset Terrace, the university’s presidential house, the Detroit News reported. She will become Oakland’s 7th president. Read the rest of the story here.

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