Clarke University names interim president

An interim president has been selected to lead Clarke University in Dubuque as the current leader prepares to depart at the end of the year. Fletcher Lamkin will begin his duties on Jan. 3 and will serve for 12 to 18 months or until the search for Clarke’s 17th president is completed and the president assumes office. Lamkin will succeed Thom Chesney, who announced in November that he would step down at the end of 2022 after serving as president since July 2019.