PITTSBURGH — Ousted Penn State University president Graham Spanier has resigned from the board at U.S. Steel.

Spanier has been a member of the steelmaker’s board since 2008.

U.S. Steel Corp. spokeswoman Courtney Boone confirmed Spanier’s resignation Tuesday. She declined to elaborate on the circumstances of the resignation and said the Pittsburgh company would not be commenting further.

U.S. Steel chief executive officer John Surma is also vice chair of Penn State’s board of trustees, which ousted Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno last week.

The trustees said Spanier and Paterno failed to act after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of assaulting a young boy in the showers of the campus football complex in 2002. Sandusky denies the allegations.