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by Tom Schalmo
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The number of finalists in the search for the new University of Wisconsin chancellor is down to three.
University of Minnesota Vice President for Research Timothy Mulcahy withdrew his name from the list of finalists Tuesday, according to UW System spokesperson David Giroux.
“I was deeply honored to be selected as one of four finalists for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison, an institution with which I have long personal and professional ties and where I count many friends and colleagues among the faculty and staff,” Mulcahy said in a statement.”However, after carefully considering my personal and professional interests I made the difficult decision to withdraw my name from consideration and notified the selection committee of my decision on Thursday morning.”
“In the end, my personal desire to enjoy quality time with my wife, children, and grandchildren, combined with my professional interest in advancing a wide range of initiatives I have started at the University of Minnesota, led me to this decision,” he added
With this, the UW Board of Regents search committee has three people to choose from: Gary Sandefur, dean of the UW-Madison College of Letters and Sciences; Biddy Martin, provost at Cornell University; and Rebecca Blank, former dean of the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The search committee met this morning and the new finalist is expected to be named sometime this week.
