MADISON – Chancellor John D. Wiley, who has earned a reputation as a campus builder and a farsighted leader since becoming the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief executive in 2001, announced today that he will step down in September 2008.
An Indiana native who has spent more than 30 years on the Madison campus, Wiley will relinquish the helm of a university whose international status as a leading research and teaching institution grew under his watch.
“It has been both a challenge and a privilege to lead this university during an important time in its history,” says Wiley. “The university has never been better poised to improve the lives of Wisconsin residents and take a leading role in reshaping the state’s economy.”