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Satz to retire after relapse
Committee will name next provost after it selects next chancellor
DJ Slater
Issue date: 10/13/05 Section: Campus News
Provost and Vice Chancellor Ron Satz will retire from his duties Monday after undergoing further treatment at Luther Midelfort Clinic for the resurgence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Satz, who served the university for 22 years, said he will be "continuing treatments that will be ongoing for some time," which have forced him to leave his duties to Interim Provost Steve Tallant.
Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson announced Satz's retirement last Tuesday and said it is in his best interest to regain his health.
"All of the activities of the university will go on as planned," she said. "He (Satz) will be greatly missed, but we'll continue as we have with Interim Provost Tallant."
Tallant could not be reached for comment after several attempts to contact him Wednesday.
With the chancellor search already in progress, Larson said, the university first will focus on finding a new chancellor. Once the search and screen committee selects that person, it will work with the university to appoint a permanent provost, she said.
"Our focus is we want him to get well and have everything go well for him," she said. "The university has been operating during the time that he was out, and Provost Tallant has been filling in remarkably well."
Satz came to the university in 1983, serving as the dean of Graduate Studies and Research. He then moved on to the dean of the School of Human Sciences and Services in 1994 and eventually became the founding dean of the College of Professional Studies in 1995 before accepting the Provost position in 1999.
His struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma began on Dec. 26, 2003, when he underwent his first treatment. He continued to work part time during this phase and eventually returned to his full-time position on Nov. 8, 2004. A relapse of the disease struck again in late April, which put him on medical leave.
Losing Satz to retirement is something Student Senate President Aaron Olson described as losing a "battler for students."
Satz, who served the university for 22 years, said he will be "continuing treatments that will be ongoing for some time," which have forced him to leave his duties to Interim Provost Steve Tallant.
Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson announced Satz's retirement last Tuesday and said it is in his best interest to regain his health.
"All of the activities of the university will go on as planned," she said. "He (Satz) will be greatly missed, but we'll continue as we have with Interim Provost Tallant."
Tallant could not be reached for comment after several attempts to contact him Wednesday.
With the chancellor search already in progress, Larson said, the university first will focus on finding a new chancellor. Once the search and screen committee selects that person, it will work with the university to appoint a permanent provost, she said.
"Our focus is we want him to get well and have everything go well for him," she said. "The university has been operating during the time that he was out, and Provost Tallant has been filling in remarkably well."
Satz came to the university in 1983, serving as the dean of Graduate Studies and Research. He then moved on to the dean of the School of Human Sciences and Services in 1994 and eventually became the founding dean of the College of Professional Studies in 1995 before accepting the Provost position in 1999.
His struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma began on Dec. 26, 2003, when he underwent his first treatment. He continued to work part time during this phase and eventually returned to his full-time position on Nov. 8, 2004. A relapse of the disease struck again in late April, which put him on medical leave.
Losing Satz to retirement is something Student Senate President Aaron Olson described as losing a "battler for students."