It was pretty bumpy there for a while, but what amounts to a peace treaty between the University of Utah and the Huntsman Cancer Institute was announced Thursday. It promises a future in which two of the state’s major institutions can work together on what has always been, really, their common goal: to conquer cancer.
Disputes over management, money and personnel boiled over back in April when the CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Mary Beckerle, was abruptly fired by U. President David Pershing and the then-director of the U. Health Care System, Vivian Lee.
But Beckerle had and retained the support of the HCI, particularly its founder and prime benefactor, Jon Huntsman Sr.