WSU in the Media – June 22, 2015

The Seattle Times – The late president of Washington State University was more than a scholar-statesman. He was an economic asset to the state that we can’t easily replace. The death of Elson Floyd, too young at age 59, is a crushing loss not only to Washington State University but also to the state and its economy.

The New York Times –  SEATTLE — Elson Floyd, the popular president of Washington State University whose influence in higher education and politics spread beyond the school in rural eastern Washington, has died from complications of colon cancer. He was 59. Floyd, WSU president since 2007, had gone on medical leave earlier this month. He died Saturday morning at Pullman Regional Hospital, school spokeswoman Kathy Barnard said.