EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. PAUL STANTON, JR. HAS WITHDRAWN HIS RETIREMENT. THAT MEAN’S HE WILL BE STAYING ON AS THE SCHOOL’S PRESIDENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS CHANCELLOR CHARLES MANNING. MANNING SAID GIVEN THE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE STATE FACES AND THE IMPACT ON ETSU, DR. STANTON CAME TO BELIEVE, AT THE URGING OF MANY, THAT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS STABLE CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP RATHER THAN A NEW PRESIDENT AT THIS TIME. MANNING ALSO SAID THAT HE ALONG WITH GOVERNOR PHIL BREDSEN AND OTHERS WERE VERY PLEASED WITH DR. STANTON’S DECISION.