Tim Mead Resigns

As HoF's President

COOPERSTOWN – Tim Mead, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, has announced that he will be resigning, effective around mid-May.

Mead, who said his whole career has been motivated by "love of baseball," had been commuting back and forth to his family in California.  "Try as I might, even with the unwavering support of my family, these last 22 months have been challenging in maintaining my responsibilities to them."

Jane Forbes Clark, Hall of Fame chairman, accepted Mead's resignation with regret.