Penn State Trustee Al Lord released a statement apologizing for any pain his previous comment may have caused the "actual victims" of Jerry Sandusky.
Lord's comments were made in an email sent to The Chronicle of Higher Education on Saturday.
"In the view of the jury, with respect to Spanier, and by their own admission, as to Curley and Schultz, these former leaders fell short," the statement read.
After two days of deliberation, a jury found Graham Spanier guilty on one count of child endangerment, and not guilty on two counts of conspiracy charges related to the Sandusky scandal.
The defense rested without calling any witnesses in former Penn State president Graham Spanier's trial Thursday morning.