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The article said Morty agreed to stay until a replacement is found
Terrible news for anyone that gets it. Hearing that it is an aggressive form does not sound good.Rebecca M. Blank shares cancer diagnosis, choice to step down as president-elect of Northwestern
In a message to the community, Rebecca M. Blank announced today, July 11, that she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will be unable to fulfill her role as the 17th president of Northwestern University.
Morty goes into overtime. The context is terrible, but it may be good news for major sports at NU.
Not true. Blank was always regarded as a friend and big-time supporter of all sports at Wisconsin.
I think it would really, really be best if we didn't let this thread turn into a discussion of Blank's now-hypothetical impact on NU sports.
I'm not trying to chastise anybody in particular, so please don't take it personally. Just my thought on this really sad news. There will be plenty of time to discuss the future of NU sports with the Board of trustees when the new successor is selected.
Why? She went to Wisconsin in 2013 and was very highly regarded by the UW Madison athletic community. During her tenure, Wisconsin was very successful in a number of sports, including football and basketball. My older daughter was a diver at Wisconsin, before Blank's tenure, but was very supportive of her during her service at Wisconsin. So, we can have a debate about her replacement at NU whenever that person is named.
I just don't think a post about her very serious cancer diagnosis is the right place to rehash the debate about her potential impact on NU athletics. I agree that when a new successor is appointed we can and will have a robust conversation about their background with athletics.
Awful news. Hope she gets the best treatment possible and has a strong family support system.Rebecca M. Blank shares cancer diagnosis, choice to step down as president-elect of Northwestern
In a message to the community, Rebecca M. Blank announced today, July 11, that she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will be unable to fulfill her role as the 17th president of Northwestern University.
She has her hands full fighting the cancer at this point. It takes so much out of you and the more aggressive the cancer, the harder the treatment is on the person getting it. Even if they are successful in treating it, her life is on hold for at least a year or two. I don't recall to many cases when they used the term aggressive that it was dealing with an easy to treat cancer
As you say very sad. Have to wonder what kind of cancer. When I see the picture of her with that gaunt look, I have to wonder if it was similar to what Therese went through, When you realize that it was only about 7 months from time it was announced ... It was likely they knew a month or two earlier but hard to imagine much more than that. All in alll, pretty quick. Have to figure that she had regular medical exams, she had interviewed for and gotten a new job and there was no indication that this was a reoccurance so you have to think that all those things would not have been happening if she was already battling it. So the whole thing was likely pretty sudden.
