June 16, 2000

U. of Hawaii System's President to Step Down

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Kenneth P. Mortimer said last month that he would step down next year as president of the University of Hawaii system.

Mr. Mortimer, who is also chancellor of the Manoa campus, has been president since 1993, and has led the 10-campus system through a period of financial difficulty.

Last year, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the system's chief accreditor, called the financial situation at the Manoa campus "serious and immediate." The

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