Philadelphia's Temple University says it has hired John Fry of nearby Drexel University to become its 15th president. Wednesday's announcement concludes a search that had been upended by the sudden death last fall of acting President JoAnne Epps. The 63-year-old Fry has been Drexel’s president since 2010.
FILE - Drexel University President John Fry speaks during a news conference at Drexel University, April 2, 2013, in Philadelphia . Temple University said Wednesday, July 3, 2024 that it has hired Fry to become its 15th president, concluding a search that had been buffeted by the sudden death last fall of then-acting president JoAnne Epps.
Fry, 63, has been Drexel’s president since 2010 and will start his tenure at the 30,500-student Temple after Drexel names new leadership, Temple said in a statement. The campuses are barely 2 miles from each other in Philadelphia.
Epps died suddenly in September at age 72 after falling ill onstage at a memorial event. The “acting” designation was removed from her title in recognition of her contributions during her brief tenure.Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden can’t enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ studentsEpps, Temple’s former law school dean and provost, took over months earlier from Jason Wingard, who had led the university since 2021.
His resignation followed a tumultuous tenure of less than two years and amid a surge of violence that had sent fear through the north Philadelphia campus. Wingard had a week earlier told a panel of state lawmakers that Philadelphia’s homicide rate has wrought a climate in which students, parents, and faculty and staff members were afraid.
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