He informed the Board of Trustees they will need to begin the search for a new president at today's meeting.
Jay Gogue came home to Auburn as the school's 18th president in the summer of 2007 following stints as the President of New Mexico State University and the University of Houston (along with being chancellor of the University of Houston System). He followed Edward R. Richardson, who served as the President following William F. Walker leaving in the wake of the JetGate scandal and the subsequent SACS probation.
Gogue graduated from Auburn with a bachelor's degree in 1969 and a Master's Degree in 1971.