Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (2/23/2018)

Chief executives

Appointments

Jeffrey Allen, a career-management consultant in Minnesota, is the new president of Adler Graduate School.

C. Mauli Agrawal, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will become chancellor of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, on June 20.

Lawrence S. Bacow, leader in residence at the Center for Public Leadership in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, president emeritus of Tufts University, and former chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will become president of Harvard on July 1. He will succeed Drew Gilpin Faust, who has led Harvard since 2007 and plans to step down in June.

Alison Davis-Blake, a professor of management at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor who was dean of its Ross School of Business from 2011 to 2016, will become president of Bentley University on July 1. She will succeed Gloria Cordes Larson, who plans to step down in June.

Jane Hulon, vice president of the Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s Wesson Campus, will become president of that campus on July 1. She will succeed Ronnie Nettles, who has been at the helm since 2008 and plans to retire in June.

Jim Hutton, publisher of Career Education Review, and recently retired president and chief executive of Harrison College at Indianapolis Downtown, has been named chief executive of Career Quest Learning Centers, in Michigan. He has served on the company’s Board of Directors since 2010.

Resignations

Juliette B. Bell, president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore since 2012, says she will resign on June 30.

David L. Coppola, president of Keystone College since 2013, plans to step down and become vice president for administration and planning at Sacred Heart University in July.

George E. Ross, president of Central Michigan University since 2010, says he will step down on July 31.

Retirements

Sharon Diaz, who has led Samuel Merritt University since 1982, says she intends to retire as president and chief executive by January 2019.

Mary E. Rittling, president of Davidson County Community College since 2003, says she will retire at the end of 2018.

Carl J. Strikwerda, president of Elizabethtown College since 2011, says he will retire on June 30, 2019.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Garikai Campbell, former provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morehouse College, to provost and dean of Knox College.

David J. Dausey, provost and executive vice president at Mercyhurst University, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Duquesne University, effective July 1.

Thomas E. Kaplan, dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Wittenberg University, to vice president for academic affairs at Indiana Institute of Technology, effective May 14.

Resignations

Andrew C. Comrie, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost of the University of Arizona, says he will resign from that position and return full time to the faculty. Jeffrey B. Goldberg, dean of the university’s College of Engineering, will serve as acting provost.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Cathy Akens, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Florida International University, to vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Brendan Bannigan, vice president for individual giving at Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, to vice president for development and leadership gifts at Northwestern Health Sciences University.

Vilma Bordonaro, executive administrator at New York Medical College, to chief of staff at the college, which is part of the Touro College and University system.

Alison G. Brown, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of the University of Maryland Medical System, to an additional role as president of the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown Campus, effective March 5.

Charles F. Carletta Sr., senior associate legal counsel at Albany Medical Center, to chief of staff at Siena College.

Robin Means Coleman, associate dean of social sciences in the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to vice president and associate provost for diversity at Texas A&M University at College Station, effective April 1.

Maurice Gipson, assistant vice chancellor for diversity at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro, to the first cabinet-level chief diversity officer at the university.

Myrna Hall, senior consultant and principal at the fund-raising consulting firm Marts & Lundy Inc., to vice president for advancement at Regis University.

Nico Karagosian, vice president for advancement and executive director of the University of Cincinnati Foundation, to vice president for university advancement at Ohio University, and president and chief executive of the Ohio University Foundation.

Daniel P. Klotzbach, vice president for business and finance at Illinois Wesleyan University, to vice president for finance administration and chief financial officer at Saint Xavier University.

Randolph L. Moses, senior associate vice president for research and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State University, to interim senior vice president for research. He replaces Caroline Whitacre, who retired on December 31.

John M. Rathje, associate vice chancellor and chief information officer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, to vice president for information services and chief information officer at Kent State University at Kent.

Patrick J. Stover, director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, to vice chancellor overseeing agricultural agencies for the Texas A&M University system and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on the flagship campus, in College Station.

Thomas H. Woodward, director of institutional advancement at Harvard Art Museums, to chief advancement officer at Clark Art Institute, an art museum and center for research and higher education in the visual arts, in Massachusetts.

Resignations

Tim Bee, vice president for government and community relations at the University of Arizona, resigned in December.

Deans

Appointments

Nancy Fahrenwald, professor and dean of the College of Nursing at South Dakota State University, to professor and dean of the College of Nursing at Texas A&M University, effective June 1.

Barry Gerhart, acting dean and senior associate dean for faculty and research at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, to interim dean of the school.

Carolyn Henry, interim dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri at Columbia, to permanent status.

Sheryl Kubiak, professor of social work at Michigan State University, to dean of the School of Social Work at Wayne State University, effective June 30.

Anthony Scheffler, interim vice president for academic affairs at Valdosta State University, to dean of the School of Education at Lindenwood University.

Col. Kraig Sheetz, vice dean of operations at the U.S. Military Academy, to dean of the School of Natural Science and Mathematics at Mount St. Mary’s University, in Maryland, next summer.

Paul B. Shepson, a professor of chemistry and of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University at West Lafayette, and division director of atmospheric and geospace sciences at the National Science Foundation, to dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on July 2.

Silvanus J. Udoka, professor and chair of the department of management, with a joint appointment in the department of industrial and systems engineering, at North Carolina A&T State University, to dean of the School of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University, effective June 1.

Karl Voss, interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Bucknell University, to permanent status, effective May 1.

Department chairs

Appointments

Andrea Fraser, professor of interdisciplinary studio in the department of art at the University of California at Los Angeles, to an additional role as department chair.

Tejesh Patel, interim chair of the department of dermatology in the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to permanent status.

Other administrators

Appointments

Bill Beekman, vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees at Michigan State University, to an additional role as interim athletic director.

Paul Bubb, associate athletic director for development at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, to executive director of development at Western Illinois University.

Mary Ellen Cavitt, a professor of music education and associate dean for faculty development and research in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Texas State University, to assistant vice president for academic services.

Marnie S. Dacko, associate director of development in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, to major gifts officer at Westfield State University.

Scott Ford, executive vice president of Bradley Company, a real-estate services company in South Bend, Ind., to associate vice president for new business development at the University of Notre Dame.

Mark D. Gearan, president in residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who was president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1999 to 2017 and is a former director of the U.S. Peace Corps, to director of the Institute of Politics in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Gage McWeeny, professor of English at Williams College, to a three-year term as director of the college’s Oakley Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Sarah E. Mendelson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council under President Obama, to professor of public policy and head of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy campus of Carnegie Mellon University, in Washington.

Brenda Roman, assistant dean for medical education and educational research in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, to associate dean for medical education.

Michael Sarraille, a former lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and a former Navy SEAL, to director of the Veterans Support Office at Texas A&M University system.

Jonathan Smith, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Washington, to head football coach at Oregon State University.

Steven Wengel, professor and chair of the department of psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to assistant vice chancellor for campus wellness at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Deaths

Gerardo Marín, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of San Francisco, died on January 14. He was 70. Marín was author of more than 135 publications on topics related to Hispanic/Latino people and minority groups, including cultural norms, risky behaviors, culturally appropriate methodology, and acculturation. He was one of four editors of “Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups,” a 1998 report of the U.S. Surgeon General.

Darío Menanteau, a professor emeritus of sociology and past director of the Center of Rural Sociology & Community Analysis at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, died on January 11. He was 80.

Irene Porcarello, president of Houston Community College’s Southeast College since 2009, died on February 3. She was 69.

Brother Thomas J. Scanlan, president emeritus of Manhattan College, died on February 4. He was 72. He led the college from 1987 to 2009. Earlier he served as vice chancellor and chief executive of Bethlehem University, in the Palestinian territories. In 2016, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities honored him with the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Award, for his contribution to Catholic higher education.

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