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PostStandard 2006 CornellUniversity
PostStandard 2006 CornellUniversity
PostStandard 2006 CornellUniversity
bas been Cornell'sinterim leader cials to find ways to ,improve 'Qomellspokesman Simeon
womep.'s opportunities in the Moss would not confirm or deny
"since ~effre~S.Lebman s.tepped athletic department
[ down In June. , .
'
the speculation about Skotton.
Cornell officials would not Skorton grew up in, Los An- He said the University's board of
confinn Skorton's hiring, but geles, wherehe deVylO'pedan in- trustees will hold a closed meet-
sai~ the university~s 12$ presi- terest in. Latin music..an<!jazz. ing this morningleading up to'an
dent would be introduced at a fie plays saxophone and 'flute announcement and news confer-
campus news conference at noon and hosted a weeklytatin jazz e:nce at noon;
today. radiO'shQw on the campus fadio The AssociatedPresscontributedto this
Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack,.in a station. He played in dubs report.
statement,confinned that Skor-
ton resigned his position at Iowa
Friday. Vilsack praised Skorton
for his efforts in expanding
Iowa's economic growth and
bealth care.
Skorton was a faculty member
at Iowa for 23 years before be
became its president in Marcb
2003. He taught in several de-
f partInents, including il!t~f11al
medicine, electrical and comput-
er. engineering and biomedical
engineering.
. With an M.D. and a bache~
lor's degree in psychology,
Skorton bas maintained his .role
as a physician specializing in ad-
olescents and adults with inborn
heart disease.He was co-founder
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