Michael Marletta today resigned as head of The Scripps
Research Institute, one of nation’s leading biomedical research organizations,
in the wake of an aborted, $600 million merger with the University of Southern
California.
Bradley Fikes and Gary Robbins of the San Diego U-T reported that the announcement of his resignation came at a meeting this morning at the La Jolla facility. They wrote
that no successor has been named.
Marletta joined Scripps in January 2012. His resignation
came in the wake of financial problems at the institute, which is operating
this year under a $21 million deficit. Leading members of the faculty called
for his removal after the proposed merger came to light.
Scripps has not yet made a formal announcement on its Web Site.
Scripps has not yet made a formal announcement on its Web Site.
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