Former Northwestern University President Henry Bienen will step into the role once again next week, serving as interim president following the resignation of President Michael Schill, the university said Tuesday.

In a news release, the school announced Bienen would step into the role Sept. 16. The move comes less than a week after Schill resigned .

Bienen served as the school’s president from January 1995 to August 2009 and was previously a professor of management and strategy in the Kellogg School of Management. Northwestern’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music is named for Bienen and his wife, a senior lecturer emerita at the university’s law school.

“We believe Henry is uniquely suited to follow President Michael Schill’s tenure and continue to support the university,” said Peter

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