Former University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced in January that he would step down as chancellor this summer. The Board of Regents, which oversees the system, put together a search committee and began to search for his replacement.
Things changed a few months later in March when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported some Regents wanted to consider former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for the job.
People I’ve spoken to say, ‘Never count Sonny Perdue out.’” – Greg Bluestein, political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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