October 12, 2001

U. of Michigan President Decamps for Columbia U.; Yale Drama School Finally Finds a Dean

By JULIANNE BASINGER and PIPER FOGG

IVY-LEAGUE BOUND: Lee C. Bollinger, president of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, has accepted a nomination for the top job at Columbia University. His decision came despite repeated denials in recent months that he planned to leave Michigan.

Columbia's search committee last week picked Mr. Bollinger, 55, as its sole nominee for the presidency there, said Henry L. King, the committee's chairman. The university's Board of Trustees was scheduled to meet last Saturday to ratify