Glenn Cummings Explained

Glenn Cummings
Office:13th President of the University of Southern Maine
Term Start:July 1, 2015
Term End:June 30, 2022
Successor:Jacqueline Edmondson
Order2:98th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Term Start2:December 2006
Term End2:December 3, 2008
Predecessor2:John G. Richardson
Successor2:Hannah Pingree
State House3:Maine
District3:115th
Term Start3:2000
Term End3:2008
Successor3:Jon Hinck
Party:Democrat
Birth Date:2 April 1961
Birth Place:Bath, Maine
Alma Mater:Ohio Wesleyan
Brown University
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Profession:Economist, Politician
Spouse:Leslie Appelbaum
Children:Kiernan Cummings, Skyler Cummings
Residence:Portland, Maine

Glenn A. Cummings was a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing the state's 115th district. He served from 2000 to 2008, including one term as the Speaker of the House, and was termed out of office in 2008. In 2000, when he first ran for the District 115 seat, Cummings became the first candidate in Maine history to qualify for public financing under Maine's new "Clean Elections" law. In 2009, Cummings was appointed deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational & Adult Education. Cummings worked for the Goodwill Hinckley School in Fairfield, Maine as president and executive director.[1] [2]

On September 2, 2014, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page announced Cummings' appointment as interim president of the University of Maine at Augusta, succeeding Allyson Hughes Handley, Ed.D.[3]

On May 21, 2015, Page announced Cummings would become the 13th president of the University of Southern Maine, effective July 1, 2015.[4]

On October 5, 2021, Cummings announced he would be stepping down as president on June 30, 2022. He will remain at the university as faculty.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Secretary Duncan Announces Appointment of Glenn Cummings as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational & Adult Education . 2010-09-23 . 2009-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514131410/http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/04/04092009.html . live .
  2. Web site: Good Will-Hinckley > About GWH > Senior Administration . 2011-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110620042942/http://www.gwh.org/AboutGWH/SeniorAdministration.aspx . 2011-06-20 . dead .
  3. Web site: University system appoints interim president for UMA. 2 September 2014. 2 September 2014. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930215817/https://www.centralmaine.com/2014/09/02/glenn-cummings-appointed-interim-president-of-uma/. live.
  4. Web site: A sudden switch in USM's presidency as Glenn Cummings takes the job. 20 May 2015. 23 May 2015. 23 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523155635/http://www.pressherald.com/2015/05/20/usms-incoming-president-changes-his-mind-declines-job/. live.
  5. Web site: Important USM news from President Cummings. 2021-10-05. us17.campaign-archive.com. 2021-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20211005183540/https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=5e1f751beb4a89cb11d424cb2&id=b7728b039a. live.