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Syverud
withdraws
as
incoming
University
of
Michigan
president
after
brain
cancer
diagnosis
Dr.
Edgar
Williams
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Primary
Care-Health
Tell Us
Detroit
News
Bureau
ANN
ARBOR -
Kent
Syverud
will not
serve as
the next
president
of the
University
of
Michigan
after
being
diagnosed
with a
form of
brain
cancer,
university
officials
said
Tuesday.
In a
message
to the
campus
community,
Syverud
said he
first
sought
care
last
week at
Crouse
Hospital
in
Syracuse
after
not
feeling
well. He
then
traveled
to
Michigan
for
additional
evaluation,
where
specialists
confirmed
the
diagnosis.
He said
he is
currently
undergoing
treatment
at
Michigan
Medicine.
“I want
to be
straightforward
with
you: I
have
been
diagnosed
with a
form of
brain
cancer,”
Syverud
wrote,
adding
that he
is
“where I
need to
be” and
in
“excellent
hands.”
Syverud
said the
diagnosis
and
treatment
will
prevent
him from
serving
as the
university’s
16th
president,
though
he
expressed
gratitude
to the
Board of
Regents
for
inviting
him to
remain
involved
as a
professor
in the
Law
School
and a
special
adviser
to the
board.
He said
he and
his
wife,
Ruth,
look
forward
to
returning
to the
Michigan
community.
In a
separate
statement,
the
Board of
Regents
said it
was
sharing
the news
with “a
heavy
heart”
and
confirmed
that
Syverud
is
receiving
treatment
at
Michigan
Medicine.
Regents
said
their
first
priority
is
supporting
Syverud
and his
family,
and that
he will
continue
as a
professor
of law
and
special
adviser
to the
board.
Domenico
Grasso
will
remain
president
until a
successor
begins
service,
and the
board
said it
plans to
restart
the
search
process
as soon
as
possible.
Officials
said
they
will
release
more
details
in the
coming
days.
Syverud
said he
remains
optimistic
and
determined,
calling
research
universities
like
Michigan
and
Syracuse
“the
extraordinary
gift”
that
makes
advanced
care
possible.
“I
believe
in the
road
ahead,”
he
wrote.
“I
intend
to walk
it with
everything
I have.”
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