Steve McClellan, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the past four years, has died.
McClellan's passing was unexpected. He died Saturday of a heart attack.
McClellan, who was 64, worked in the university's financial offices for the better part of the last 13 years, but for a three-year period in which he worked as chief financial officer at his alma mater, Delta State University in Mississippi. He'd been vice chancellor for finance and administration at UALR since 2016. He was hired by former university Chancellor Joel E. Anderson, right before he retired.
Current UALR Chancellor Christina Drale informed the campus community of McClellan's death Sunday evening.
"Having worked closely with Steve these last fifteen months, I know that he shared my optimism for a bright future at UA Little Rock," Drale wrote in the announcement. "He was dedicated to helping us find ways to build a better budget and to make other institutional improvements wherever possible."
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated McClellan's age and the person who hired him.