Two years after the Columbia Pool was closed indefinitely, the state legislature passed two budget bills that secured $15 million in lottery bond funding for the proposed North Portland Aquatic Center.
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Thomas Aquinas College president will step down, return to teaching in 2022
Thomas Aquinas College President Michael McLean, who oversaw the acquisition of the college’s second campus in Northfield in 2017, has announced he will leave the role in 2022, with plans to return full-time to the classroom. Contributed photo
Emmitt Mitchell of The Moody Center, Michael McLean president of Thomas Aquinas College, and Larry Edge, manager for the Northfield Campus LLC, the organization owned by the National Christian Foundation that previously oversaw the Northfield campus, sign documents in Olivia Hall when ownership of the campus was transferred in May 2017. McLean has announced he will leave the role of president in 2022, with plans to return full-time to the classroom. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz