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- Rex Tillerson, the departing State Secretary, has emerged as a potential candidate for the next University of Texas System chancellor.
- Tillerson is reportedly being courted for the top job at the school’s system, which oversees 14 universities and medical institutions.
- But other sources said no interviews were conducted yet and there were no front-runners.
- Tillerson graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975.
As the search for the next University of Texas System chancellor drags on, a new high-profile potential candidate has emerged: departing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
A source familiar with the effort told The Texas Tribune on Friday that Tillerson is being courted by some system leaders as a candidate for the top job at the system, which oversees 14 universities and medical institutions. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news, saying “several members of a search committee are making ‘a hard push’ to draw Tillerson.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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