Jefferson’s Virginia in Turmoil as Board Replaces Leader

The University of Virginia’s board named an interim president after a week of turmoil caused by the ouster of President Teresa Sullivan, an event unprecedented in the history of the institution founded by Thomas Jefferson.

Carl Zeithaml, dean of the McIntire School of Commerce, will take over Aug. 16, the university in Charlottesville, Virginia, said today in an e-mailed statement. Sullivan, who led the college for less than two years before her forced resignation, said she will step down Aug. 15. Her tenure has been the shortest in the university’s 193-year history.