Denver Post: 10 years in at CU, Bruce Benson still the right choice

On March 10, 2008, we joined a bipartisan group of rebels calling for a multimillionaire conservative oilman with but a bachelor’s degree to his name to lead the state’s flagship institution of higher learning.

Now, as Bruce Benson marks his 10th anniversary as president of the four-campus University of Colorado system, we couldn’t be more pleased at such risk-taking. Benson has been an open-minded powerhouse and we hope his accomplishments convince more university boards to look to outsiders as viable leaders, and not always to academics rising through the ranks.