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Wishing many fond farewells
After 13 years, Michael B. “Mickey” Dowdy has resigned as chief development officer of the MCV Campus at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dowdy has been named vice chancellor for university advancement at East Carolina University.
Dowdy, who served as president of the MCV Foundation and the chief development officer for the MCV Campus, left VCU last week. He was selected by ECU after a national search and will oversee ECU
’s fundraising and alumni activities.
Joining Dowdy in his move to North Carolina is his wife, Lynn, who worked for VCU for 26 years and coordinated more than 200 class reunions. She resigned as assistant director of the MCV Alumni Association.
“This is a wonderful opportunity as Mickey will manage a university-wide advancement program that mirrors the complexity of VCU in many ways,” said Peter L. Wyeth, vice president for University Advancement at VCU. “Mickey was a senior member of our team at VCU and while we are always pleased to have our team members be selected for larger positions, we are nevertheless very sorry to be losing such an outstanding person.”
Another key development officer, J. Sheppard Haw III, also is leaving VCU at the end of June to join Collegiate School as its director of development.
Haw has been with VCU for 13 years,
serving as associate director of development for the Massey Cancer Center and director of development for MCV Hospitals.
“Shep will also be sorely missed because of his extensive knowledge of our local community and his teamlike approach to his work," Wyeth said.
There are active searches underway
to replace these three standing professionals.
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