MADISON, Wis. – The president of the governing board for the University of Wisconsin system, Edmund Manydeeds III, announced he will chair the search committee for a new system president. Manydeeds also named seven fellow UW regents to the committee. They will choose a successor to former Governor Tommy Thompson, who has filled in since an embarrassing bungled search for a new president 1-1/2 years ago
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