Dr. Claude Bouchard, executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, announced he is stepping down from his position in the summer.”We’ve achieved the major objectives that we set for ourselves a decade ago,” Bouchard said in a news release. “I’m anxious to get back into research full-time.”Bouchard lead the effort to devise two five-year plans at the Pennington center.System President John Lombardi said in the news release, “Dr. Bouchard led the Pennington Biomedical Research Center over a period of exceptional growth.”——Contact Joy Lukachick at [email protected]