In former Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s unexpected departure from Auburn, he likely leaves on the table a $1.25 million deferred compensation package that would have paid out in 2022 — an offer that was supposed to make him whole for leaving ISU early.Leath, who served as ISU president from 2012 until being recruited away to the Auburn University presidency in March 2017, is parting ways with the Alabama institution just two years into his five-year contract.