Despite loud protests from faculty members and students, the governing board of the University of Colorado voted tonight to approve Bruce D. Benson as the university’s next president, the Rocky Mountain News reported.
Mr. Benson, an influential Republican who owns an oil-and-gas company and has been a donor and fund raiser for the university, faced heavy criticism about his qualifications after emerging last month as the sole finalist for the presidency.
After receiving 1,200 e-mail messages in the last 48 hours, the nine-member Board of Regents opted to stick with Mr. Benson. The 6-to-3 vote by the board, whose members are politically elected, followed party lines, with all three Democrats opposing. —Paul Fain
