Well, I quit my job down at the car wash
Left my mama a goodbye note
By sundown I’d left Kingston
With Dots under my coat
- Christian Caple gives his initial impressions on Robert Jones, who will take over in August as the President at UW. Jones joins UW after a stint as the Chancellor at the University of Illinois. Caple notes that Jones appeared actively engaged in the sports programs at Illinois and was the head of the Big 10 Council of Chancellors when the conference welcomed UW to join. It is interesting to me that Jones succeeded former UW Interim President Phyllis Wise at Illinois, so this will be the second time he takes over a job that Wise previously held.