VP of Business Ford resigns; Hunsaker will be interim VP
Utah State University’s vice president for Business and Finance, Glenn Ford, has accepted a position at Linfield College in Oregon and will leave USU as of June 30. Fred Hunsaker, USU’s former vice president for Business and Finance, has agreed to serve as interim vice president until a permanent replacement has been found.
Ford will become vice president for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer for Linfield College, which has a main campus in McMinnville and a Nursing and Health Sciences campus in Portland. He begins his new duties July 1.
USU President Stan L. Albrecht said he is pleased that Hunsaker has agreed to return to the position. Hunsaker retired in December 2003 after 10 years of cumulative work at USU.
“I am extremely delighted that someone with Fred’s experience has agreed to come back,” Albrecht said. “It was a great sacrifice on his part to return from a well-deserved retirement, and we thank him.”
Albrecht said Hunsaker will bring the leadership and knowledge USU needs at this time.
“Fred already knows our priorities, and someone with his many years of experience knows what it takes to move them forward,” Albrecht said. “Fred has been a long-time ambassador for higher education in the state at so many levels, including as one of the important voices at the Legislature. We appreciate his willingness to serve USU once again.”
The vice president for Business and Finance has responsibility for the university’s business affairs and money management, execution of all property transactions, leases and contracts, capital development and improvement projects, the university’s master plan addressing campus expansion, investment of university money and the business management of most university auxiliaries and service enterprises.
Hunsaker graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1965 from Utah State and 10 years later earned a degree in banking from the University of Washington.
He began a banking career with First Security Bank in 1965 as an installment loan officer. By 1977 he had become president and chief executive officer at First Federal of Logan.
During this time, he was involved in several service capacities at the university including eight years as a member of the Institutional Council, now the board of trustees.
He came to work at Utah State in 1991 as vice president of Administrative Affairs. From 1997 to 1999, he took leave from Utah State to work as associate commissioner for Finance and Facilities for the Utah System of Higher Education. He returned to Utah State in 2000 and resumed his position as vice president over Administrative Services.
In 2002 he was awarded the Leone Leadership Award, the university’s top leadership honor.
In addition to his corporate and university career, he has spent many years in public service as a member of the Utah House of Representatives, including seats on the Capital Facilities Appropriations Committee and the Higher Education Joint Legislative Appropriations Committee.