Presidential candidate for UVU pulls out over politics

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The confidential search for Utah Valley University's next president is ongoing, but a top candidate withdrew his resume because he didn't feel his leadership abilities should be put to the test of local politicians.

Ned C. Hill, former dean of the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business, was told by a member of the State Board of Regents, whose name he would not disclose, that he needed to "make nice with the Utah County delegation" after his wife, Claralyn Hill, ran as a Democrat against Rep. Chris Herrod, R-Provo, on an ethics reform platform.

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