The University named Daniel T. Layzell as the LSU System’s new vice president for finance and administration this month, pending approval from the Board of Supervisors, a University press release announced. 
Layzell, whose appointment goes into effect in February, will serve as the chief financial officer for LSU Baton Rouge as well as LSU’s network of nine other campuses in the state, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell. 
The position, like that of LSU President F. King Alexander, is a dual role, consisting of the duties of the current vice chancellor of finance and coordinating, overseeing and advising on financial matters at the system level, Bell said. 
“We’re trying to reorganize the relationship and the organization between the LSU system and the campuses,” Bell said. “The great thing was that Layzell does this now in his position as vice president for finance and planning at Illinois State University.”
Layzell has held positions at the University of Wisconsin, Florida State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has authored a book. 
Bell said Layzell and the other candidate for the position, Matthew Fajack, visited the University in December following a national search. 
Fajack is the vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Florida. 
“We actually started off with a large number of individuals, we narrowed it down to two,” Bell said. “We had some great people. I think Dan, in both my mind and in the president’s eyes, was a better fit.” 
The University position is currently held by Robert Kuhn, who will retire this semester after 40 years at the University. 
Bell said there will be some time after Layzell’s arrival when Kuhn is available to answer questions Layzell has during his first few weeks. 
“There are a lot of things we want him up to speed on,” Bell said. “Everything we do on campus, we end up having to spend money on. For everything we do he has to get his hands around and oversee.”  
Layzell will be present at the next Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 31, Bell said.