CHICAGO — University of Chicago chancellor Robert Zimmer, a mathematician and longtime administrator at the school, is leaving his post to attend to his health, the university has announced.
Zimmer became chancellor last year. Prior to that, he was the university’s president for 15 years.
David Rubenstein, chair of the board of trustees, said in a statement released last week that for two years Zimmer has been dealing with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer that strikes the brain or spinal cord.
