Wright State's Steve Angle Chosen to Lead Tennessee University

FAIRBORN (AP) -- Steve Angle, senior vice president of Wright State University, has been chosen as the new chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported UT system President Joe DePietro said he expects no opposition when the UT board votes on the selection of Angle on Thursday.

DePietro called Angle a proven scholar who will understand teaching and research issues.

"He has a proven track record as an administrator. He has been able to gain support for [his] institution from the community," the Times Free Press reported DiPietro as saying. "He has been through the faculty ranks. He is a proven scholar. He will understand teacher and research very well."

DiPietro told the newspaper he expects Angle to succeed.

"He has got the experience and the passion for higher education that should make him an effective fundraiser," DiPietro said.

Angle told the committee he had raised a lot of money for Wright State and could do it again, Bell told the paper.

"He seemed very confident," he said. "He could easily sell me a dime-sized lime that I would pay a quarter for."

• READ: Times Free Press story on UTC decision