Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 | 11:42 a.m.
The number of candidates for UNLV president has been narrowed to three.
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The finalists are Georgia Regents University President Dr. Ricardo Azziz, University of Arizona Eller College of Management Dean Leonard Jessup and UNLV Executive Vice President and Provost John Valery White.
The candidates were announced today during a meeting of the UNLV Board of Regents and Presidential Search Committee.
Chancellor Dan Klaich of the Nevada System of Higher Education selected the candidates from a pool of 16, with consultation from the board and Jerry Baker of the search consultation company Baker and Associates.
Azziz, Jessup and White are in the running to replace former UNLV President Neal Smatresk, who left in 2013 to become president at North Texas University.
Acting President Don Snyder is not a candidate for the permanent position.
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