Furor Erupts Over Failed Search for U. of Iowa President

Iowa officials have been scrambling to calm the anger over the failed search for a new president of the state's flagship university.

The furor erupted when the state Board of Regents announced in November that it was terminating its search for a successor to David J. Skorton, who left the presidency of the University of Iowa last summer to take the helm at Cornell University.

The board's president, Michael G. Gartner, said the regents felt they needed a candidate with more

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