Scott Bok, chairman of the board of trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, submitted his resignation effective immediately.

In a statement, Bok said: “Today, following the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s President and related Board of Trustee meetings, I submitted my resignation as Chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately. While I was asked to remain in that role for the remainder of my term in order to help with the presidential transition, I concluded that, for me, now was the right time to depart.”