Stanford names New York university leader as next president
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Stanford University's governing board has named a neuroscientist who leads a prestigious graduate school in New York City as the California university's next president.
The Board of Trustees announced that Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of The Rockefeller University, will become Stanford's 11th president on Sept. 1. Tessier-Lavigne will succeed President John Hennessy, who plans to return to teaching and research this summer after almost 16 years at the university's helm.
Tessier-Lavigne, originally from Canada, was a professor at Stanford from 2001 to 2005. He was the chief scientific officer at biotechnology company Genentech before he assumed the presidency of The Rockefeller University in March 2011.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The trustees say he was the unanimous choice of a 19-member committee charged with finding Hennessy's replacement.