Jay Paterno seeks seat on PSU board
Jay Paterno, son of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and a former assistant coach himself, is running for one of three open alumni-elected seats on the university's 38-member board of trustees.
Jay Paterno, son of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and a former assistant coach himself, is running for one of three open alumni-elected seats on the university's 38-member board of trustees.
He is one of five candidates vying for a seat, including the three incumbents: Albert L. Lord, Alice W. Pope and Robert C. Jubelirer. The fifth candidate is Robert J. Bowsher, of San Diego.
The university released a list of the candidates on its web site Wednesday.
Voting concludes on May 4 and the winners will be announced at the trustees meeting on May 5.
Jay Paterno has been critical of the trustees handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and has ardently defended his father, who the board fired as head coach after Sandusky's indictment in 2011.
Sandusky, a former assistant football coach, is serving a minimum 30-year prison sentence for sexually abusing young boys. A university-commissioned investigative report accused former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, administrators Tim Curley and Gary Schultz and Joe Paterno of conspiring to cover up Sandusky's crimes. Joe Paterno was never charged.
The university dismissed Jay Paterno as an assistant football coach in 2012; he filed a lawsuit against the university. A judge dismissed that suit a year ago.