The LSU Presidential Committee has added an additional candidate to consider during its Wednesday meeting as it narrows in on selecting a list of finalists to send to the LSU Board of Supervisors.

James Dalton, executive vice president and provost at the University of Alabama, was added to the candidate list by the committee before it began its interviews. Dalton is set to be interviewed around midday.

He joins the four other candidates under consideration by the committee today:

Interim LSU President Matt Lee

Dr. Robert Robbins, former president of the University of Arizona

McNeese State University President Wade Rousse

Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte, vice president of research at Tulane University

Following the interviews, the committee plans to select a list of finalists to send to th

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