EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — A former Michigan governor is expected to be named Michigan State University’s interim president during the board of trustees meeting Wednesday.
If selected, 69-year-old John Engler will led the university following last week’s resignation of Lou Ann K. Simon.
Engler, a Republican, served as Michigan’s governor from 1991 to 2003. He’s also a Michigan State alum.
The board of trustees, comprised of four Democrats and four Republicans, is expected to unanimously back the former governor on the same day Larry Nassar’s final sentencing hearing begins.
Over the next several days, Nassar will hear from roughly 60 people who want to confront him. The case in Eaton County centers on his assaults at Twistars, a gymnastics club near Lansing.
Nassar, a former sports doctor who sexually abused his patients under the guise of medical care, was sentenced last week to 40 years to 175 years in prison, which will run consecutively with his 60-year sentence for federal child pornography charges.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Saturday retired Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth will serve as an independent special prosecutor. He will led the state’s investigation into the university’s handling of the Nassar case.