Murphy intends to stay at UCLA
By PAUL HANEY
Dr. Franklin Murphy, chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a former KU chancellor, told the Kansan yesterday he is not a contender for the presidency of any university.
The University of Michigan campus newspaper said Friday that Murphy is a contender for president of the University of Michigan.
"I'm not a candidate for anything," he said.
Murphy became UCLA chancellor in 1960 after serving as KU chancellor for nine years. He was succeeded by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
The Michigan Daily also named Robert Fleming, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, as a possible choice for president.
FLEMING WAS OFFERED the post of president at the University of Minnesota last week.
Daily Kansan Tuesday, March 28, 1967
Others under consideration, according to the newspaper, are John Lederle, president of the University of Massachusetts; John Gardner, secretary of the U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Department; and Roger Heyns, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley.
Murphy had no comment on how he became one of the five.
Lederle and Gardner have denied any interest in the Michigan job.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY said Murphy is one of five candidates chosen by the Michigan Board of Regents from a list of 200.
fired by the California Board of Regents in January.
Murphy and Heyns have been mentioned as possible successors to the University of California President Clark Kerr who was
"I'm not contemplating leaving UCLA," Murphy said. "I have an unfinished job at UCLA and I'm very satisfied here."
Robert Briggs, a member of the Michigan Board of Regents and chairman of the presidential selection committee, said no one has been offered the presidency.
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