Consultative Review Committees for Law and Wharton Deans

President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ronald Daniels have announced the formation of two Consultative Review Committees to advise them on the reappointment of Deans Michael Fitts of the Law School and Patrick Harker of the Wharton School.  Both Deans Fitts and Harker are currently in the sixth years of their initial seven-year terms as Deans. University policy requires that a Consultative Review Committee be established to advise the President and Provost whenever such a reappointment is contemplated.  In addition, each member of the standing faculty of the Dean’s school is given the opportunity to give confidential advice and views directly to the President and Provost.

The members of the Consultative Review Committee on the Reappointment of Michael Fitts as Dean of the Law School are:

Chair:  Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

Law School Faculty:  Anita Allen-Castellitto, William Ewald, Charles Mooney, Reed Shuldiner

University Faculty:  Cristina Bicchieri, Philosophy; Marie Gottschalk, Political Science; Harbir Singh, Management

Law Student Members: Michael Buchbinder, Daniel Borden,

Alumni Representative: Bob Sheehan

Staff to the Committee:  Stephen Steinberg, Office of the President

The members of the Consultative Review Committee on the Reappointment of Patrick Harker as Dean of the Wharton School are:

Chair:  Rebecca Bushnell, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Wharton School Faculty: Michael Gibbons, Finance; Robert Inman, Finance; Abba Krieger, Statistics; Daniel Levinthal, Management

University Faculty: Regina Austin, Law; Rajeev Alur, Computer and Information Science; Francis Diebold, Economics

Wharton Student Members: Serhan Secmen, MBA Student; Michael Vaupen, Undergraduate

Alumni Representative:  Beth Kaplan

Staff to the Committee: Stephen Steinberg, Office of the President

Both Committees welcome and encourage input from all members of the Penn community. Communications may be directed to any member of the Committtees, but are most conveniently forwarded to Dr. Stephen P. Steinberg (sps@pobox.upenn.edu), who is supporting both review processes. Comments for the Law Dean Review should be submitted by February 13 and for the Wharton Dean Review by February 27.