PASADENA - Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau plans to resign and move to a university in Saudi Arabia, he said Tuesday in a letter to the Caltech community.
Chameau, a native of France who has led Caltech since 2006, plans to leave sometime later this year, according to a Caltech news release.
"President Chameau has served Caltech with excellence and distinction, stimulating innovation and expanding resources for high-risk, high-reward research," Caltech board of trustees chair David Lee said in a statement.
Chameau will become president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which began enrolling students in 2009. His wife, Carol Carmichael, will also resign from Caltech, where she was involved in numerous projects including a sustainability initiative.
"Until recently, Carol and I believed we would complete our careers at Caltech and retire in Pasadena," Chameau said in his statement. "It would be difficult not to feel that way when working in such a special place and community. We did not expect, however, to be presented with a unique and life-changing opportunity: to lead the recently created King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
"As I considered accepting the position at KAUST and as I spoke with individuals involved in its founding, I was struck by the attention paid to establishing a culture of excellence, and how its planning had been influenced by great institutions from
around the world, including Caltech."james.figueroa@sgvn.com
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