University of Florida President Bernie Machen says he was “tremendously disappointed” with the school’s Faculty Senate vote to deny former Gov. Jeb Bush an honorary degree.
The Senate voted 38-28 Thursday against giving the honorary degree to Bush, who left office in January.
As largely conservative as the campus was when I was there (the Reagan years), this is an encouraging sign. Wonder how it will impact donations?
It’s not like he is a native son of Florida, anyway. He is an upper-east coast-educated Texan, just like the rest of them. Let him get his honorary degrees from his people.