Florida chancellor to be named IU president Thursday

Adam W. Herbert, chancellor of the State University System of Florida, will be named IUs first black president, culminating an extensive eight-month search, according to an IU source.\nThe IU board of trustees will announce Herberts appointment at 10 a.m. today in the Musical Arts Center. Herbert visited the campus May 22, said Will Thompson, a desk clerk at the Grant Street Inn, where Herbert stayed while in Bloomington. \nThe search committee was formed in November after former President Myles Brand left IU to head the NCAA. Gerald L. Bepko has served as interim president since Nov. 1.\nThe Atlanta-based firm of Baker, Parker and Associates served as lead consultant in the nationwide search.