UPLAND, Ind. (WTHR) - Taylor University President Paul Lowell Haines is stepping down after three years.
Haines was part of the Taylor University community for 44 years. He was the 31st president in school history.
The university's board of trustees said the resignation was not encouraged by them, but they are supporting Haines' decision.
“My wife Sherry and I love Taylor and the Taylor community, as no other place and people,” Haines said in a release. “We leave with a strong sense of accomplishment, knowing that remarkable progress has been made over the last three years, but also a clear awareness of God’s new purpose and direction for our lives. We will always be grateful to Taylor University and to its people. That will not change. And we stand ready to assist the Board and the University’s new leadership team in moving Taylor forward as it remains true to its founding principles and purposes.”
Under Haines, a 1975 Taylor graduate, the university ranked high on America's Best Colleges survey and welcomed their largest freshman class in the school's 173-year history.
Haines resignation is effective August 15.
