Trustees set Nov. 1 to name new president

IU's next president will be unveiled Nov. 1 by the IU board of trustees, University spokesman Bill Stephan said today.\nAs the board of trustees met to discuss a list of interim replacements the group has accrued since Myles Brand indicated that he would leave to become the president of the NCAA last Thursday, Stephan spoke to the media about the search process.\nStephan said the trustees' list contains candidates from in and outside the University.\n "In as much as they are receiving nominations," Stephan said, "those nominations reflect a host of individuals, some from within the institution and some from outside the institution."\nThe board hopes to have reached a decision when they meet for regular business two weeks from Friday at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne.\nThe group will simultaneously begin searching for a permanent replacement, Stephan said. The trustees hope to have a full time president by July 1, 2003.\nStephan said the interim president will be counted on to secure funding from state government.\n"(The trustees) are certainly cognizant of the challenges that we face with the legislature given difficulties with the state's economy," Stephan said. "They are very interested in making sure that an interim president will maintain the momentum in the areas which the University strives in and that it's in large part in meeting with legislators with elected officials"