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Business attorney to be University of Wisconsin’s president

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By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders have chosen prominent business attorney Jay Rothman as the next system president. The pick Friday comes after the system went almost two years without a permanent leader. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson has been serving as interim president since Ray Cross retired in June 2020. Rothman has served as chairman and CEO of Foley & Lardner since 2011. He joined the firm in 1986 and has been a partner since 1994. He has no experience administering higher education. He beat out UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt to win the job. 

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