(University Park) -- The head of Merck and Company will lead Penn State's special committee that's looking into the child molestation scandal. Kenneth Frazier, Merck's president and CEO, has been a member of the university's Board of Trustees for two years. He says the trustees are deeply troubled by the allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and two former school officals and will work to restore the public's confidence in the university. "We will do everything in our power to provide the university community -- the public, the parents, the students, the alumns -- with the clearest, the clearest understanding of what we're able to find out," he says. "We'll do it with independent counsel, who will have an unfettered access to whatever those facts are." It has yet to be determined who will serve on the committee and who will be retained as independent counsel to handle the investigation. But, Frazier says it's unknown how long the school's probe will take, but adds it will have to be respectful of the state Attorney General Office's ongoing investigation. He says the victims and their families are in the board's thoughts and prayers.
Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson addresses the university's Board of Trustees:
