$90,000 and 16 months of language training later, NRC executive resigns before returning to work

Ian Potter, the vice-president of the National Research Council who has spent 16 months on language training at a cost of more than $90,000 plus salary, has resigned.
His email to employees went out Wednesday afternoon, effective immediately.
Potter says he will spend the summer with his family and then pursue other career opportunities. He didn’t leave a forwarding address, advising colleagues instead to go through his longtime assistant at NRC if they wish to contact him.
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