Former University of Iowa provost, Texas Tech president a finalist for Portland State presidency

From The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:

Texas Tech's departing president Jon Whitmore is one of three finalists for the Portland State University presidency, Oregon University System officials announced on Thursday.Whitmore, who did not return phone calls Friday, resigned as the president of Tech on Feb. 1. He agreed to lead the university until 2009 or until his replacement is hired.  ...He came to Tech from the University of Texas, where he was the dean of the College of Fine Arts for five years.He resigned less than two months after regional accreditors put Tech on probation for failing to prove student competency in a report. He has repeatedly said his resignation was not tied to the probation.In his resignation letter, he told Tech Chancellor Kent Hance new presidential leadership was needed to carry out the university's goal of 40,000 students by 2020. ...

Whitmore, who did not return phone calls Friday, resigned as the president of Tech on Feb. 1. He agreed to lead the university until 2009 or until his replacement is hired.  ...

He came to Tech from the University of Texas, where he was the dean of the College of Fine Arts for five years.

He resigned less than two months after regional accreditors put Tech on probation for failing to prove student competency in a report. He has repeatedly said his resignation was not tied to the probation.

In his resignation letter, he told Tech Chancellor Kent Hance new presidential leadership was needed to carry out the university's goal of 40,000 students by 2020. ...