Board of Trustees Chairman Ira Lubert and Vice Chairman Mark Dambly called Al Lord's remarks about Sandusky victims "offensive and embarrassing" and recommend he step down from his seat on the Board immediately.
Allentown's current Chief of Police Keith Morris will make the move to Penn State to assume the same position, filling the role which has been covered in an interim capacity for the last 16 months.
A report released last week says Penn State is among the top higher education institutions with email addresses and passwords being sold and shared on the Dark Web.
This ranks the university up one spot from last year, when Penn State was ranked No. 32.
After ignoring the Coalition of Graduate Employees' request for a meeting, President Barron released a statement against the union.
Al Lord Drops Bid For Board Of Trustees Reelection
Al Lord will not seek reelection to the Penn State Board of Trustees in its upcoming election following his controversial comments made in an email to The Chronicle of Higher Education, according to Patriot-News reporter Charles Thompson.