U. Pres. David Pershing pens apology to Jon Huntsman

SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah President David Pershing, in a letter to cancer research benefactor Jon M. Huntsman Sr., says he deeply regrets actions by the university "which were detrimental to the long-standing history of communication and trust between us."Simmering friction between the university and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation came to a head in the spring when Pershing and Dr. Vivian Lee, former senior vice president of U. health sciences, fired Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO