Months have passed since the University of Utah hired a private attorney to negotiate a new agreement governing the Huntsman Cancer Institute, but a member of the Huntsman family said they haven’t heard from U. officials since the April controversy.
“I‘m impatiently waiting,” said Peter Huntsman, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, a fundraising arm controlled by the family. “But my patience is wearing thin.”
In late April, the family and the U. were in the midst of negotiating a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) — that would govern relationships among the U., the institute and the foundation — when institute CEO and Director Mary Beckerle was abruptly fired via email by U.