Staton elected chancellor of East Carolina University
Cecil Staton, a former Mercer professor and administrator, has been elected chancellor of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Staton, 58, has most recently served as interim president of Valdosta State University and the University System of Georgia’s vice chancellor for extended education. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, he has an undergraduate degree from Furman University and a doctorate from Oxford.
After a stint at Brewton-Parker College, Staton came to Mercer from 1991 to 2004, where he was an associate professor, associate provost and university publisher. He has also served as founder and leader for three communications companies: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Stroud and Hall Publishers and Georgia Eagle Media.
He served five terms in the Georgia Senate representing the 18th District after first being elected in 2004.
Staton and his wife, Catherine, have two children: Cecil P. “Trey” Staton III, a financial planner in Atlanta; and William Davidson Staton, a student at DePaul University in Chicago.
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This story was originally published April 27, 2016 at 3:38 PM with the headline "Staton elected chancellor of East Carolina University."