GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has selected an interim president after their last choice was rejected by the state Board of Governors that oversees the university system.

The school announced Monday that Dr. Donald W. Landry, a physician and chair emeritus of the Columbia University Department of Medicine, will take over the University of Florida helm on Sept. 1.

His appointment also must be approved by the state Board of Governors, which is meeting Sept. 10-11.

Landry's selection comes after Santa Ono was first approved by the Florida trustees but turned down in June by the governors amid criticism from political conservatives about his past support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and other initiatives they view as unacceptable liberal ideology.

Ono had bee

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