The acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia, JoAnne Epps, fell ill on Tuesday while attending a memorial service on campus and died a short time later, the school said in a statement. She was 72.
No cause of death was given. Local news media reported Epps collapsed on stage during the campus event, which university officials described as a memorial tribute to the late Charles Blockson, curator of a prestigious collection of African-American artifacts at Temple.
She was then taken to Temple Hospital, "where resuscitation efforts continued but were unfortunately unsuccessful," del Portal said. She was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m. EDT. Her 30-plus years on Temple's faculty included more than 15 years in leadership positions at the 135-year-old institution, including dean of the university's law school, executive vice president and provost and chief academic officer.
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