Jones will become its 34th president,… Read More University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday ... appointed Wei Gao as venture partner and Anna Baird as operating ...

(KOMO News) TOPICS: SEATTLE — Dr. Robert Jones is set to become the new president of the University of Washington, succeeding Ana Mari Cauce, who will step down at the end of her term.

Jones, who has spent the past nine years as chancellor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, replaces Ana Mari Cauce ... He led the effort to partner with the University of Chicago ...