Hal Boyd: U. president apologizes to Jon Huntsman Sr. over Beckerle controversy

After a torrent of news coverage this spring surrounding the University of Utah’s unexpected firing and subsequent rehiring of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the eponymous benefactor of the institute, Jon Huntsman Sr., agreed to discuss his life-long battle to cure cancer and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s new memorandum of understanding with the university. During preliminary conversations in preparation for the Q&A that follows, I learned that Univer