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SALT LAKE CITY — A state lawmaker said Tuesday that the Utah Legislature's Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee will soon ask University of Utah administrators for more information about the school's relationship with the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Rep. Keith Grover, R-Provo, the subcommittee's co-chairman, said he will seek more information during the Legislature's upcoming interim meetings for the sake of clarity in state funding decisions going forward.
"It's something we want to look into," Grover said. "We want to make sure (state) monies are appropriately accounted for."
Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, said there are many unanswered questions about what has transpired at the U. in the aftermath of a power play for control of the cancer institute that played out with the sudden firing — then reinstatement — of its director and CEO, Mary Beckerle; the resignation of the U.'s senior vice president of health sciences, Dr. Vivian Lee; and U. President David Pershing's announcement that he will move up the timetable on his retirement.
