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Is 65 too old to stay at the helm of a major research center?
[...] Bréchot, who previously led INSERM, the French biomedical research agency, aspires to a second term, but he will turn 65 in July 2017. Under the governing statutes of the foundation that runs the Paris center, that disqualifies him for the renewal, Pasteur's 21-strong board of directors has concluded. Angered by the board's refusal to change the rules, Pasteur's General Meeting, a parliament-style governing body, dissolved the board in June. Now, Bréchot's future is in limbo.
[...] The board, which includes six Pasteur scientists, would not budge. Changing Article 12 would be a lengthy affair that requires government involvement and could lead to a complete review of the foundation's statutes to align them with those of other French foundations, says board chair Rose-Marie Van Lerberghe. That could damage Pasteur, she adds: For example, Bréchot earns a sizable salary but typical foundation statutes require an unpaid president, which would make it difficult to recruit a top candidate.
How old is too old for this job and others?
Would making the position unpaid like other foundation actually make it "difficult to recruit a top candidate"?
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/dispute-over-presidents-age-tears-pasteur-institute-apart
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 04 2016, @06:42PM
They get rid of this old bastard. "You're to old to work, you might drop dead any time!"
New hire is only in his late thirties. Healthy, virile, a real go-getter who makes things happen. Before the first month passes, he suffers a fatal heart attack, or stroke.
Old bastard applies for his job again, triggering the controversy all over. "But, but, but, we just got rid of you because you're so damned OLD!"
Those of us who have a few years on us have seen many old timer retire, then drop dead. People who have worked for 50, 60, maybe even 80 years just don't know how to stop working. Taking a person's job away just because he is old could be a death sentence, in and of itself. Yeah, the asses who booted him out will be saying, "See, he just dropped dead, justifying our concern!" They have no idea that they killed the old man.