He had just been made vice chancellor, the nearest thing Oxford has to a president (the chancellorship, at present held by Lord Halifax, is largely honorary).
Commentators are now openly predicting a Haider chancellorship, possibly within five years.
Still, the chancellorship is a major accomplishment for the daughter of a Lutheran pastor raised in East Germany.
Hiding Cathie Black E-mails Cost City $160,000 The price of the Bloomberg administration's long, pointless legal fight to keep the messages that led to the failed schools-chancellorship secret has ballooned to about $160,000 in taxpayers' funds . They lost.
Sept. 16, 2013 - New York Magazine
George Osborne in guardian.co.uk Mr Osborne added: "The story of the Brown chancellorship is now writing itself: a golden legacy inherited and a golden opportunity missed."
Frank Brogan in Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) The decision to pursue the chancellorship was not an easy one. I enjoy serving as FAU's president immensely, and not a day goes by that I don't consider myself enormously blessed to work with such fine students, faculty and staff,Brogan said...
Edwin Cameron in The South African Star In the chancellorship, Justice Moseneke will symbolise the university's commitment to intellectual integrity and academic excellence,Justice Cameron said.