Remember Kenneth Starr? You can bet anyone associated even peripherally with Bill Clinton’s administration does. Starr, former United States solicitor general and the major driving force behind the public exposure and investigation of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, is leaving his position as dean at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu to be president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. –KA

Los Angeles Times:

A Texas native, Starr will become the 14th president of Baylor, located in Waco. With the announcement of Starr’s appointment effective June 1, Pepperdine President Andrew K. Benton announced the launch of a nationwide search for a new law school dean.

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