THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 17, 1995 TAG: 9512170061
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS LENGTH: Medium: 63 lines
Anthony R. Santoro's duties as Christopher Newport University president end next month, but his presidential paycheck will continue for 18 months.
Santoro will continue to receive his $113,379 annual salary, as well as car and housing allowances totaling $2,400 a month, while he conducts research and prepares to return to teaching at CNU.
A contract approved this month by the board of visitors also promises to pay Santoro as much as $7,500 to move his belongings out of the president's house to the York County neighborhood where he and his wife plan to live.
Santoro will begin an 18-month sabbatical Jan. 2, when former U.S. Sen. Paul Trible succeeds him as president. During that time, CNU will send Santoro to educational conferences in Atlanta and San Diego. He will continue to attend an annual summer seminar in London even after he starts teaching, the contract says.
The Daily Press obtained a copy of the contract after filing a request under the state Freedom of Information Act.
``I feel like we worked out the best possible deal for the university, trying to be fair to Tony and to the taxpayers,'' said CNU Rector David L. Peebles. ``Tony has given a lot to the university over the past nine years.''
Santoro was out of town and unavailable for comment Friday.
Faculty Senate President Robert Doane said it usually is difficult to receive a sabbatical at CNU. Only two professors are on sabbatical now.
``For every sabbatical I've ever seen at this university, there had to be a very specific sabbatical project, and it had to be reviewed by the department in which the professor works and by the Faculty Senate, and then by the provost,'' he said.
Santoro's sabbatical did not undergo such a review.
Peebles said Santoro's sabbatical will provide him a needed break, although Doane questioned why it needs to last 18 months.
``I don't understand why if a person has risen to the ranks of distinguished professor, he needs that much time to prepare to return to teach undergraduate students,'' Doane said.
During and after the sabbatical, Santoro will be CNU's only president emeritus and distinguished professor. He will teach history.
As of Sept. 1, 1997, when the sabbatical ends, Santoro will become CNU's highest paid faculty member, initially making the state-allocated portion of the salary paid to the CNU president as of July 1, 1997. The state portion of that salary as of Dec. 1, 1995, is $90,355 per year.
While he is a professor, Santoro will have to teach no more than three courses during the fall and spring terms, his contract states. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
In addition to the salary, Anthony R. Santoro will get housing and
car allowances of $2,400 a month while he conducts research and
prepares to return to teaching. He'll also get $7,500 to move his
belongings
out of the school's president's
house.
by CNB