BATON ROUGE — A search committee on Wednesday named three finalists as it seeks a new president for LSU.

The finalists are former University of Arizona President Robert Robbins, University of Alabama executive vice president and provost James T. Dalton and McNeese State University President Wade Rousse.

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An LSU search committee hoping to whittle down the number of candidates for the school's presidency added another person to its list Wednesday before opening a series of interviews.

The panel plans to develop a list of finalists by the close of business Wednesday as it seeks to replace William F. Tate IV, who left LSU after five years to become president of Rutgers University in New Jersey.

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