College President Tied to CIA Sets Retirement

ROCHESTER, N.Y. —  The president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, whose CIA connections are being investigated by a special college panel, announced his retirement Tuesday.

M. Richard Rose, 58, who has held the position since 1979, said he will leave next June 1. The former deputy assistant defense secretary in the Richard M. Nixon Administration said his decision “coincides with personal plans formed two years ago.”

Controversy over more than $1 million in CIA research contracts with the college erupted early this year, when Rose spent a four-month sabbatical at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.