Interim Chief for Colleges Is Named
A Los Angeles Community College District vice chancellor has been named interim head of the nine-campus system until a permanent successor to departing Chancellor Donald G. Phelps is selected.
Neil Yoneji, vice chancellor of the business services division, will assume leadership of the district Dec. 31. The former Saddleback Community College District administrator joined the Los Angeles district in 1991.
Phelps, 63, has been chancellor since 1988. He is stepping down to take a position at the University of Texas at Austin.
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