University of Utah President David Pershing said at a meeting for Associated Students of the University of Utah’s Academic Senate that he would step down after the 2017-2018 school year.
Pershing told the senate that he had made the decision in December and planned to announce it in August, but chose to move it up after controversy surrounding the the dismissal of Mary Beckerle as CEO of Huntsman Cancer Institute. Beckerle was later reinstated.
Last week, Vivian Lee resigned from her positions as CEO of University of Utah Health and dean of the U’s school of medicine.