Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank dies at 67
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Rebecca Blank, who was UW-Madison chancellor at the time, heads to the stage to speak during the 2022 spring commencement, her last at the college. After nine years as chancellor, Blank planned to leave that summer to serve as president of Northwestern University, but stepped down from the job after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who helped put a university education in reach for low-income students through the Bucky's Tuition Promise, steered the university through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and brought billions in gifts and donations to expand research enterprise, died Friday of cancer. She was 67.
Athletic Board and search committee chair Pete Miller and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank respond to a question about the 35 applicants for the school's athletic director opening at a news conference Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the Kohl Center.
Rebecca Blank, who was UW-Madison chancellor at the time, heads to the stage to speak during the 2022 spring commencement, her last at the college. After nine years as chancellor, Blank planned to leave that summer to serve as president of Northwestern University, but stepped down from the job after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
