"I am profoundly honored and grateful to be chosen as a finalist for president of Florida Atlantic University," FSU's Michael Hartline said.

Florida Atlantic University has named three finalists in its long-delayed search for a new leader. The Boca Raton university on Sunday night announced its presidential search committee had selected two veteran university administrators and a former state legislator for further interviews and campus visits.

FAU released its list of finalists four months later. Fine wasn’t on it. Hartline was, as were Vice Adm. Sean Buck of the U.S. Naval Academy and Joseph Saartarelli, a former University of North Carolina — Wilmington chancellor.

Florida Atlantic University’s Presidential Search Committee recently named three finalists for the job. Two of the finalists have mostly academic backgrounds, and another is an