President names committees for deans, vp searches

President Richard L. McCormick has named members to advisory groups that will search for a new vice president for university relations and new deans of the School of Law, the College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the College of Forest Resources.

The president asked all groups to “establish methods of seeking the opinions of the broader UW faculty, student and staff communities, as well as appropriate constituencies outside the University of Washington” and submit three names to him for consideration. He urged them to advertise widely and be mindful of the University’s commitment to diversity.

Vice President for University Relations

Provost Lee L. Huntsman is chair of the 15-member Advisory Committee on the Vice President for University Relations. Other committee members are: Vicky Carwein, chancellor and dean of UW Tacoma; Bridgett Chandler, assistant vice president for regional affairs; Jamie Clausen, Graduate and Professional Student Senate representative; Marilyn Dunn, vice president for development; Jackie Der, director of medical policy affairs; Kathleen Fearn-Banks, associate professor of communications; Louis Fox, vice provost for educational partnerships; Gerald Grinstein, UW regent; Jody Patton, director of Paul G. Allen Foundations; JoAnn Taricani, associate professor of music; Richard Thompson, director of the state Office of Financial Management; Geoff Vernon, president of the UW Alumni Association; W.W. “Tim” Washburn, executive director of admissions and records; and Nancy Woods, dean of nursing.

They will conduct a national search.

“This search gives the University of Washington an opportunity to advance our institution’s all-important work in communications, constituency-building and outreach,” McCormick wrote in his appointment letter. “I am confident that we can attract very strong candidates for this position from a national pool. Some of the candidates may emerge in response to advertisements for the position, but others may have to be contacted individually and persuaded to permit their names to be considered. I am available to help you with the task of recruiting candidates, if the committee so desires.”

Dean of Law

Dean Marc Lindenberg, Evans School of Public Affairs, will chair the 13-member Advisory Committee on the Deanship of the School of Law. The committee also includes: M. Wayne Blair, of Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship and Austin, PLLC; Joan Fitzpatrick, professor of law; Marilyn Gist, professor of management and organization; Christine Gregoire, attorney general of Washington State; Greg Hicks, professor of law; Mary-Claire King, professor of medicine; Margaret Levi, professor of political science; Paula Littlewood, assistant dean for development and community relations of law; Anita Ramasastry, professor of law; Eric Schnapper, professor of law; and Larry Snyder, professor of computer science and engineering. A law student also will be appointed to the committee.

The appointment of the new dean is expected to be effective July 1, 2000, or as soon thereafter as possible. Law Dean Ron Hjorth will step down on June 30, 2000. They will meet for the first time Wednesday, July 28.

College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Patricia W. Wahl, dean of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, will chair the 12-member Advisory Committee on the Deanship of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Other committee members are Francis D.K. Ching, professor of architecture; Saeed Daniali, chair of construction management; Thomas Furness, professor of industiral engineering; Neile Graham, program coordinator for urban design and preservation planning and design programs; Kristina Hill, professor of landscape architecture; Thomas M. Hinckley, professor of forest resources; Betty Jane Narver, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Management; Christopher Ozubko, director of the School of Art; Sue Partridge, NBBJ Architects; and a faculty member and student in architecture and urban planning (to be identified).

Dean Jerry Finrow will step down on June 30, 2000. The appointment of the new dean is expected to be effective July 1, 2000, or as soon thereafter as possible. They will meet for the first time Wednesday, July 28.

College of Forest Resources

Denice D. Denton, dean of the College of Engineering, will chair the 13-member Advisory Committee on the Deanship of the College of Forest Resources.

Other committee members are: Jennifer M. Belcher, Washington Department of Natrual Resources; Jean Bolton, Seattle; David Briggs, professor of forest resources; Linda Chalker-Scott, professor of forest resources; Loveday L. Conquest, director of the UW Teaching Academy; Maureen Frisch, vice president of public affairs for the Simpson Investment Company; Charles W.L. Hill, professor of management and organization; Mack Hogans, senior vice president of corporate affairs, Weyerhaeuser (to be confirmed); John M. Marzluff, professor of forest resources; John Palka, professor of zoology; Cecilia M. Paul, professional staff project assignment in forest resources; and a student of forest resources (to be identified).

Dean David Thorud will step down on June 30, 2000, and the new dean is expected to be appointed by July 1, 2000, or as soon thereafter as possible. They will meet for the first time Tuesday, July 27.

McCormick, in his letters to the committees, expressed gratitude to the deans for their contributions to the University.