1 / 11 Mary Gillespie, 21, of Mobile, wipes away a tear during a candlelight vigil to honor University of South Alabama President Emeritus Gordon Moulton at Moulton Tower on campus Monday evening in Mobile. Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al) Sharon Steinmann Print Michael Dumas | mdumas@al By Michael Dumas | mdumas@al Email the author | Follow on Twitter on October 02, 2013 at 2:50 AM, updated October 02, 2013 at 2:53 AM Email MOBILE, Alabama – Some classes, and the public forum introducing the University of South Alabama’s third presidential candidate, have been put on hold as the community continues to mourn President Emeritus Gordon Moulton, who passed away on Sept. 28, at his home in Daphne. According to university officials, classes have been cancelled from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday so students and faculty can attend a public memorial for Moulton which will begin at 4 p.m. in the Mitchell Center arena on campus. His widow, Geri, will receive guests immediately following at the same location. A candlelight vigil was held at the Moulton Bell Tower on campus on Monday evening. Also the third and final public forum in the university’s search for Moulton’s permanent replacement, scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, has been postponed, officials said. The forum was to feature Dr. Arthur J. Ross III, dean of the School of Medicine at West Virginia University, who was also to meet with several campus groups before the public meeting. A new schedule has not been announced for the introduction of Ross who, along with finalists Jerome Gilbert and Sheri Noren Everts, is vying for the USA presidency. Everts is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Illinois State University, while Gilbert is provost and executive vice president at Mississippi State University.
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