Search committee narrows down list of candidates for next LSU president to 8 Memorial Tower on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La. (Source: Nick Gremillion) By WAFB Staff | April 21, 2021 at 3:48 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 11:26 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The LSU Presidential Search Committee has announced the list of 23 candidates who are seeking to become the next president of the university.
However, the committee announced Wednesday it narrowed down the list of candidates to eight out the 23 candidates listed
(see full list below).
On Monday, April 26 and Tuesday, April 27, committee members will begin interviewing candidates Laurence Alexander, Ron Clark, Jay Dardenne, Kelvin Droegemeier, Jim Henderson, Rustin Moore, Mary Ann Rankin, and Jeff Talley next week.
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The Presidential Search Committee met April 21, per the schedule established in their April 10 meeting, and finalized the list of candidates that will be interviewed for the job of LSU s president.Â
Out of the 23 applicants presented to the committee, eight were chosen to move forward to the interview stage.Â
Following is the list of candidates who were up for consideration:
Laurence Alexander, J.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chancellor University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
James Anderson, Ph.D. Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense
David Blackwell, Ph.D. Professor and Outgoing Provost, University of Kentucky