Photo: Alabama State University 11th president, Dr. Joe A. Lee will be stepping down on May 31, 2008.Montgomery, AL - Alabama State University President Joe Lee has announced plans to resign after a sometimes tumultuous seven years at the school's helm. Lee's announcement yesterday at a scheduled board of trustees meeting caught most of the trustees, administrators and alumni off-guard.
Lee says he will resign May 31st. He did not disclose any future plans. Trustee Herbert Young says he had no idea Lee was going to resign. Trustees voted to move quickly and gave board chairman Elton Dean the authority to begin forming a search panel. Dean says he expects to start the committee within the next week.
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