UVA President John Casteen has just announced that he will step down on August 1, 2010, at the end of his 20th year.
During his tenure, Casteen has led two fundraising campaigns. He intends to remainan active participant in the University’s Capital campaign.
Casteen, 65, is one of the longest-serving university presidents in the nation. He became Admissions Dean in 1975, having taught English both at UVA and at UC-Berkeley.
"It has been our privilege as a family to live in and watch our children grow and reach adulthood in what I have come to see as the grandest and happiest of American homes in the most exciting and inspirational of all American villages- this one conceived as America’s center for learning. Relationships with women and men who believe in and sustain our students and their University have been at the center of my and our lives. And the greatest of all these privileges has been planning and building what I believe is one of the world’s great universities, a university that was in its beginning and is now one of our Republic’s cornerstones," writes Casteen in a statement.
The Board of Visitors will begin a search for the new president in late July.
UVA President John Casteen has announced that he will step down in August 2010 after 20 years on the job.