Too Much, Too Fast

Denice Denton made a rapid rise to become a university chancellor. Then she leapt to her death. Why?

By PAUL FAIN

Santa Cruz, Calif.

It was the middle of the night, and Denice D. Denton was aimlessly driving her mother all over San Francisco. Ms. Denton believed the police were following her. The previous day, she had been discharged from a psychiatric...