UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 10, Page 1
November 4, 1993
Provost search committee to begin its review Nov. 15

     The search committee for the new University provost is still
soliciting nominations and accepting applications.
     According to Daniel Rich, dean of the College of Urban Affairs and
Public Policy and chairperson of the search committee, the formal review of
applications will not begin until Nov. 15.
     As the University's chief academic officer, the provost reports to the
president and provides academic leadership for 10 colleges as well as
research, extension programs, graduate studies, continuing education, the
library, international programs and several centers and academic support
units.
     Candidates for provost should have demonstrated ability to manage a
complex academic enterprise, the interpersonal skills to provide leadership
in a diversified University setting and the experience and commitment to
facilitate programmatic goals, including experience in sponsored programs
and fund raising. Persons considered will have a record of instructional
and scholarly accomplishments and be qualified for a senior, tenured
appointment in an academic department.
     Members of the campus community with nominations or letters of
interest for the position are encouraged to send them to Rich.
     Other members of the search committee are Pamela Beeman, assistant
dean of the College of Nursing; John Edward Burke, president of the
Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress; John Burmeister, Alumni
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Maxine Colm, vice
president for employee relations; K.S. Conway Turner, associate professor
of individual and family studies; Joan DelFattore, professor of English; J.
Robert R. Harrison, University treasurer; Sandra Jenkins, a graduate
student in counseling and student personnel administration; Edgar Johnson,
director of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program; Peter Kolchin, professor
of history; Kenneth Lewis, Chaplin Tyler Professor of Economics; Kenneth
Lomax, associate professor of agricultural engineering; Carole Marks,
associate professor in the Black American Studies Program; Stanley Sandler,
Alison Professor and Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering;
William B. Stanley, chairperson of educational development; and Carolyn
Thoroughgood, dean of the College of Marine Studies.
     Richard B. Murray, professor of physics and astronomy, currently
serves as interim provost.