Donovan's fate sealed before failed benefit show

The search for a new athletic director and the Wonder debacle were separate events that "collided," Greenwood says

By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 22, 2012

~~<p>On the eve of a Board of Regents session to discuss the Stevie Wonder concert fiasco, University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood said Tuesday that athletic director Jim Donovan was on his way out before the ill-fated venture.</p>
<p>In her first public statement on the issue since Donovan was removed as AD on July 11, Greenwood maintained "at the same time and almost coincidentally, (the) UH administration had determined that after 41&frasl;2 years of a five-year agreement, it was time to search for a new director of athletics."</p>
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On the eve of a Board of Regents session to discuss the Stevie Wonder concert fiasco, University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood said Tuesday that athletic director Jim Donovan was on his way out before the ill-fated venture.

In her first public statement on the issue since Donovan was removed as AD on July 11, Greenwood maintained "at the same time and almost coincidentally, (the) UH administration had determined that after 41⁄2 years of a five-year agreement, it was time to search for a new director of athletics." Login for more...