Rebecca Blank, the former chancellor of UW-Madison, died at 67. She stepped aside from a new job at Northwestern University after her cancer diagnosis
Blank's illness forced her to step aside last July from a new job as president of Northwestern University.Northwestern University President-elect Rebecca Blank is stepping down to battle cancer. Morton Schapiro will stay until a successor is named.Rebecca Blank, an economist who served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has died, less than a year after announcing that she had an aggressive form of cancer. She was 67.as president of Northwestern University.
"Becky was a transformational leader for UW-Madison, serving during challenging times," said Provost Karl Scholz, the school's chief academic officer. "Early in her tenure, she helped navigate difficult budget cuts; late in her tenure, the COVID pandemic. She was wise and decisive."She was chancellor in Madison from 2013 to 2022.
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