Kern wildenthal biography of williams
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Robert Riggs deserves an ursäkt and a thank you.
Mr. Riggs was a television journalist who put his career on the line in 2008 when he uncovered signs of wrongdoing by the much-revered veteran leader of one of Texas's most powerful and prestigious nonprofit institutions.
Although he was widely denounced for raising questions about Kern Wildenthal, the longtime head of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Mr. Riggs has now been vindicated.
An independent audit report released in April found that Dr. Wildenthal had inappropriately used hundreds of thousands of dollars of the medical center's funds for personal expenses.
When the audit was finished this spring, Dr. Wildenthal resigned the two jobs he had taken after he stepped down as president of the center in 2008, a position he had held for 22 years. He gave up his role as head of the medical center's fundraising arm and as special assistant to the man who succeeded him as the center's leader,
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Dallas Opera Names Interim Gen. Dir. & CEO
Dr. Kern Wildenthal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014 Or Celeste Hart 214.443.1071
suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org celeste.hart@dallasopera.org
The Dallas Opera Announces
The Appointment of
Dr. Kern Wildenthal
Former Dallas Opera Board Chairman
As Interim General Director and CEO
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Transition Team in Place
The Search for Permanent General Director Begins
DALLAS, TX, DECEMBER 21, 2017 – The Dallas Opera has announced the appointment of longtime Dallas Opera Board member, Executive Committee member, and former Board Chairman Kern Wildenthal as Interim General Director and CEO of the company. He will serve in a volunteer capacity, with no compensation, until a permanent general director is appointed.
Dr. Wildenthal, who chaired TDO’s Board from 2008 to 2012 (during its move to the Winspear Opera House), has been a loyal supporter of the company for many years. In 201
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Dr. Kern Wildenthal, who for decades served as president of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has resigned from the institution just months after a state-ordered investigation found that he had billed for “inappropriate” expenses in recent years.
Wildenthal would not answer questions about leaving UTSW, where he had worked for 42 years, 22 of them as president. UTSW made no formal announcement, but a spokesman acknowledged Wildenthal's departure in response to questions from The Dallas Morning News.
The quiet exit was surprising because Wildenthal had opted initially to remain on the UTSW faculty. The critical state investigation had forced his resignation as special assistant to his successor, Dr. Daniel Podolsky. Wildenthal also was told to choose between remaining on the faculty or continuing to serve as head of the school’s main fundraising charity.
In a June 4 letter acknowledging Wildenthal’s decision to leave, Podolsky praised him as a “transformative” leader, ad