The only official nominee for the presidency of Yeshiva University withdrew from the process. Dov Zakheim, U.S. undersecretary of defense, had been the sole choice of the search committee seeking a successor to Rabbi Norman Lamm, who will retire this summer after 26 years at the Y.U. helm. It is not clear why Zakheim withdrew his name.
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