KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The University of Tennessee presidential search panel narrowed its list of 71 applicants to 15.
An e-mail statement Wednesday identifies them as Mercy Health Partners executive Jerry Askew; UT Institute of Agriculture chancellor Joe DiPietro; University of Florida dean Steve Dorman; Murray State University President Randy Dunn; Bank of Ripley executive and state Rep. Craig Fitzhugh and Johns Hopkins University dean Yash Gupta.
Others on the list are UT nuclear engineering professor Howard Hall; UT Martin instructor and researcher Rhonda Jones; Battelle Memorial Institute consultant Robert McGrath; West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission chancellor Brian Noland and former Wayne State University President Jay Noren.
Also, former U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni; Inflexis LLC executive Thomas Starnes; University of Colorado-Denver chancellor emeritus Roy M. Wilson and UT College of Medicine interim dean J. Lacey Smith.
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