Rudy Crew Takes New York Job

RUDY CREW
By NIGEL JAQUISS

Oregon's Chief Education Officer, Rudy Crew, signed a three-year, $280,000-per-year contract when he came to Oregon a year ago. Now, he's headed back to New York, where he grew up and served a superintendent of public schools. Crew will become the new president of Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York.

Here's the news from his boss, Gov. John Kitzhaber, who issued a statement this afternoon:


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