A Mississippi native, Bounds became NU’s seventh president on April 13, 2015 and helped guide the university through a period of transformational collaboration and momentum. He will step down late this summer and return to the south with his family. Bounds said that after more than 20 years in executive roles, he had decided to spend his time differently going forward.
It wasn’t the University announcement we expected and it feels like it came out of the blue. Take a look at the article linked above and what you’ll find is an impressive list of accomplishments.
The question is - does this hurt the university?