University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III alerts the Board of Visitors and the community of his intention to retire as of August 1, 2010. By this point, Mr. Casteen will have served 20 years as U.Va.’s president. He began his long association with the University as a student in 1961.
University Rector Heywood Fralin shares gratitude for President Casteen’s service to the University of Virginia, noting how the President has helped to bolster U.Va.’s place as a leading public university. The quality of U.Va.’s academic programs and its people are well known in this country and throughout the world.
President Casteen will stay on as a consultant for a year following his retirement to help with the transition to new leadership. The Board of Visitors also has voted to name him President Emeritus when he steps down.
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Jonathan Ogden walks away from football.