Stacy On List Of 6 UT President Finalists
posted April 15, 2004 from Chattanoogan.com

A search committee choosing the next University of Tennessee president pared
the list to six on Thursday, including UTC Chancellor Bill Stacy. 

The lone female remaining candidate had dropped out Wednesday, and the
committee eliminated three others on Thursday morning.

The six finalists will interview with the UT Board of Trustees' search
committee April 20.

The other finalists are:

Dr. Jack Burns, vice president for academic affairs and research of the
University of Colorado system.

Dr. Brady Deaton, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs
at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Dr. Kermit Hall, president of Utah State University.

Dr. Kenneth Olden, director of the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences and director of the National Toxicology Program.

Dr. John Petersen, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
at the University of Connecticut.

The eight-member board search committee, chaired by Murfreesboro Trustee
Andrea Loughry, will recommend no fewer than three candidates to the full
board.

The trustees will elect the university's 23rd president on Wednesday, April
21, and he is expected to take office July 1.