Temple search is down to two

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2006 | by Patrick Kerkstra

Temple University's search for a new president to replace the controversial David Adamany is now down to two out-of-state finalists, after a local candidate thought to be the prohibitive favorite withdrew himself from consideration.

John A. Fry - the former chief operating officer at the University of Pennsylvania and currently the president of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster - said yesterday that he was "incredibly flattered" to be approached by Temple, but that he had decided to remain at Franklin and Marshall because his work there "is not complete."

His withdrawal leaves wide open the question of who will next lead the region's largest university as it continues its wholesale transformation from a near-open-access commuter school into a far more...