From the President and Provost |
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September 4, 2012,
Volume 59, No. 02 |
Consultative Committee for the Selection of a Dean of SAS
We are pleased to announce the formation of an ad hoc Consultative Committee to advise us on the selection of the next Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences.
The Consultative Committee will be chaired by Michael Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication. It will be supported by Stephen Steinberg, advisor to the president; Adam Michaels, deputy chief of staff to the president, and Ilene H. Nagel and Mirah Horowitz of Russell Reynolds Associates.
The members of the Consultative Committee are:
Faculty
- Anita Allen (Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Penn Law)
- Michael Delli Carpini (Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School for Communication)–Chair
- Thadious Davis (Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, English)
- Randall Kamien (Vicki and William Abrams Professor in the Natural Sciences, Physics and Astronomy)
- Kathy Peiss (Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History, History)
- Arthur H. Rubenstein (Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine)
- Sharon Thompson-Schill (Class of 1965 Term Professor, Psychology)
- Kenneth Wolpin (Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, Economics)
Student Representatives
- Kyle Henson (Class of 2013, Biological Basis of Behavior, College of Arts & Sciences)
- Scott J. Ordway (President, SASgov, and Benjamin Franklin Doctoral Fellow in Composition, Music)
Alumni Representative
- David M. Silfen, (C’66, Chair, SAS Board of Overseers, and Vice-Chair, University Board of Trustees) Staff to the Committee
- Adam P. Michaels (Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President)
- Stephen P. Steinberg (Advisor to the President, Office of the President)
Consultants to the Committee
- Ilene H. Nagel (Leader, Higher Education Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates)
- Mirah A. Horowitz (Member, Higher Education Sector, Russell Reynolds Associates)
The Committee welcomes—and will keep in the strictest confidence—nominations and input from the University community. Communications should be sent to Dr. Steinberg (sps@upenn.edu), Mr. Michaels (adampm@upenn.edu), or Dr. Nagel and Ms. Horowitz, (upennsas@russellreynolds.com) by September 30, 2012.
—Amy Gutmann, President —Vincent Price, Provost |