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Knox College President Will Retire in 2021

Knox College

The president of Knox College in Galesburg has decided to retire, but not until next year. Doctor Teresa Amott told the board of trustees recently she will retire in June of 2021, after ten years on the job. 

Amott was hired in 2011, and since then the college has undertaken some major building projects, including renovating Alumni Hall, major changes and updating for the science and math center, and the new Whitcomb Art Center. 

Plans are underway to form a presidential search committee with representatives from faculty, staff, and students. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.