Search Begins for Marquette University President News | July 22, 2024 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy The search is on for a new Marquette University President. The University Board of Trustees says its searching nationally for the new president, who will succeed Michael Lovell. Lovell was with the university for more than ten years before dying of sarcoma last month. The new president will be the 25th since Marquette was established more than 140 years ago. The search will be closed and confidential.