UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 5, Page 1
September 30, 1993
Search committee named for new provost position

     University President David P. Roselle has appointed a 17-member
committee representing the campus community to assist in the nationwide
search for a new provost.
     Daniel Rich, dean of the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy,
chairs the committee.
     Last month, Roselle called for nominations from the campus for the
position of provost and for members of the search committee.  National
advertising, in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Black Issues in
Higher Education, began this month. Letters requesting nominations were
also sent to the presidents of institutions in the National Association of
State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Association of
Universities, as well as to more than 200 academic deans across the
country.
     A substantive review of applications will begin around the middle of
November, Rich said, and it is expected the successful applicant will
assume the post of provost about July 1.
     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.
     According to Roselle, "the University seeks a person of academic
distinction, who will further the institution's strategic goals and help
advance its pursuit of excellence."
     Members of the campus community with nominations or letters of
interest for the position are encouraged to send them to Dean 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 (DUSC); 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 of Black American Studies; 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. He replaced R. Byron Pipes, who left the
University this spring to assume the presidency of Rensselaer Polytechnic
University in Troy, N.Y.