Stanford president John Hennessy announces that he will vacate his position in 2016.
John Hennessy, Stanford University’s president for the past decade and a half, has announced he will be stepping down as the head of the institution.
Hennessy informed Stanford’s Faculty Senate that he intends to leave in the summer of 2016. After stepping down, Hennessy plans to return to research and lecturing.
The university will begin an international search for Hennessy’s replacement at the start of the next academic year.
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