Brian May has abruptly stepped down as president of Angelo State University, according to KTXS.

The TV station said May has led the school, which is part of the Texas Tech University System, since 2012 and that the school in San Angelo set enrollment records in three of the last four years.

May did not explain his reason for resigning, the TV station reported.

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Brandon Formby works with The Texas Tribune’s beat editors and reporters to bring Texans the news, analysis and explanatory journalism they need to put pressing issues into perspective. Previously, as...