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LSU separates leadership roles for first time since 2012, naming Rousse president and Dalton chancellor.

Rousse, former McNeese State president, brings non-traditional administrative experience; Dalton oversees academics and research.

Leadership changes aim to unify LSU research institutions and boost total research spending.

Filling interim vacancies and hiring next athletics director and football coach are top priorities.

The LSU Board of Supervisors has named Wade Rousse its next system president and picked University of Alabama Provost Jim Dalton as chancellor and executive vice president of its Baton Rouge campus .

Wade Rousse

The dual hires mark the first time the university will have separate system and main campus leaders since the roles were merged i

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