Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the
Selection of an Associate Provost

The search committee was established in mid-September under the chairmanship of Walter Wales, interim associate provost and professor emeritus of physics. The committee's membership included Regina Austin, professor of law; Paul Kleindorfer, professor of operations and information management; Debra Leonard, associate professor of medicine; Gillian Sankoff, professor of linguistics; and Wayne Worrell, professor of material science and engineering. Jane Gallen of the Provost's Office staffed the committee.

Both internal and external candidates were considered for the position. Candidates were sought who had extensive knowledge of faculty personnel and administrative issues and who would merit appointment as a full professor in an academic department of the University. Nominations were solicited from University faculty and deans and from AAU Provosts; a notice was placed in the Almanac and an ad was placed in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The committee received 66 nominations and applications. The committee interviewed six candidates. Three of the candidates interviewed were women and three were men. Two of the candidates were external candidates and the remaining four were internal candidates. The committee forwarded the names of two candidates, one internal and one external, to Provost Robert Barchi. One of the two candidates, Janice R. Bellace, professor of legal studies, has been appointed Associate Provost, effective March 1, 2004. 

--Walter Wales, Chair