Berdahl Will Retire as AAU President

Robert M. Berdahl announced Thursday that he will retire as president of the Association of American Universities on May 1. Berdahl has led the association of 63 research universities in the United States and Canada since 2006. Berdahl said that he plans in retirement to remain active on higher education issues and to pursue various writing projects. Before coming to the association, he served as chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley and president of the University of Texas at Austin.