VU financial guru Spitz to retire

Bill Spitz, whose performance as Vanderbilt University’s chief investment officer has earned him national recognition and some of the biggest paychecks in 21st-century academe, is planning to leave the job he has held since 1985.

Spitz, 55, will remain at his post until a successor is chosen. He expects that process to take as much as six to eight months. He will remain on the faculty of Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management.