The State Department's third highest ranking official, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., under secretary of state for political affairs, has resigned. Jan 31 https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/politics/top-diplomat-resigns-state-department-tillerson-latin-america.html

The dean and public face of Cornell University’s business college since its launch, Soumitra Dutta, abruptly resigned on Tuesday. Jan 30 http://cornellsun.com/2018/01/30/cornell-university-business-college-dean-abruptly-resigns/