To say Tom Galligan is a man of varied interests would be a vast understatement. When he’s not reading Tolstoy or Tolkien, LSU’s interim president is moving. The 65-year-old has run in 24 marathons, including the Boston Marathon, and he’s walked Hadrian’s Wall in England as well as The Camino Frances—a 497-mile trek from France
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Tom Galligan, LSU’s interim president, has a wide range of interests—rock music, baseball, marathons, hiking and teaching—as well as a recently discovered desire to become the flagship institution’s full-time leader.
