Yudof cited “taxing health issues” and a desire to “make a change in (his) professional lifestyle” as reasons for ending his tenure with the UC. He will return to his post as a law professor at UC Berkeley, he said in the release.
“While the decision is my own, the moment comes with a mixture of emotions,” Yudof said in the statement.
The UC president said he looks forward to working with state leaders in coming months to leave the University in a good state before he ends his tenure.
“When I arrived in 2008, the economy had begun to unravel and … with its budget slashed, the University was presented with one of the most severe challenges in its history,” he said in the statement. “Now, it appears the storm has been weathered. We are not fully in the clear, but we are much closer than we were even a few months ago.”
The statement does not indicate who will assume Yudof’s position on August 31 of this year, when he formally steps down.
Compiled by Katherine Hafner, Bruin senior staff.