Greetings on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I head off to Houston for a cancer center EAB on Sunday evening, and am busy reviewing a copious amount of information in advance of the meeting.
I was expecting to spend Wednesday evening and Thursday at the Board of Directors meeting at Georgetown Downtown, but everything changed in a flash. We were notified that the Wednesday-evening dinner was cancelled, and shortly thereafter were informed that Jack DeGioia had suffered a stroke, was being treated at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and was stable. As of this afternoon, there has been no further substantive update.
Jack is a remarkable leader and exemplifies all that is good about Georgetown. He is a deeply good man whose unerring moral compass provides all of us at the University with a coherent mission, stability and purpose that is rare in these troubled times.
All we can do is wait and hope for his speedy and full recovery. But like everyone who knows Jack, I care for his well-being and am keeping him and his family in my thoughts.
Make the world a better place this week.
Lou
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