Beshear makes two new appointments to University of Kentucky Board of Trustees

By: Tom Loftus

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 703

Last Updated: 1 day, 1 hour ago

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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear this week appointed Lexington businessman Joseph Palumbo and retired Circuit Judge Phillip Patton to fill vacancies on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.

The appointments come at a critical time for Kentucky’s flagship state university in the wake of Beshear’ social media post last spring saying he was losing confidence in the leadership of UK President Eli Capilouto.

In an executive order filed with the Kentucky Secretary of …

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