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Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced that he will step down at the end of the current academic year after leading the prestigious university for 20 years.
According to Yale University, he served longer than any other president currently in the Ivy League or the 61-member Association of American Universities.
Yale officials said that during his 20-year run as president, he advanced Yale's schools and academic programs and strengthened science, engineering and medicine. In addition, he transformed the campus with the largest building and renovation program since the 90s.
He also built lasting partnerships with the city of New Haven to create a new model for how universities across the country can be leading citizens for their host communities.
Current Yale trustee Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, said, "Rick Levin is simply one of the world's great leaders. He has been transformational in envisioning how a university should be a leading citizen in its home community, and he has boldly staked out how the leading universities should become global institutions. His example has been a guide for how universities around the world can have a much greater impact."
To read a letter sent to Yale University faculty, staff and students, click here.
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