I am pleased to announce the formation of a Consultative Committee to advise me on the reappointment of Vincent Price as Provost of the University for an additional five-year term. Provost Price’s initial term as Provost will end on June 30, 2016. The members of the Committee are:
Robert W. Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (SEAS)
Howard F. Chang, Earle Hepburn Professor of Law (Law)
Amy Gutmann, President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science (SAS) and Professor of Communication (ASC)—Chair
Dwight L. Jaggard, Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies (SEAS) and Chair of the University Faculty Senate
J. Larry Jameson, Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine and Dean (PSOM), and Executive Vice President of the University for the Health System
Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto, Chair and Professor of Pathology (SDM)
Steven Y. Lin,SDM’15, President of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
Joann Mitchell, Vice President for Institutional Affairs
Eve M. Troutt Powell, Professor of History and Africana Studies and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies (SAS)
Abe Sutton, C’14, President of the Undergraduate Assembly
Susan M. Wachter, Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance (Wharton)
The Consultative Committee welcomes and encourages input from all members of the Penn community. Communications may be directed to any member of the Committee, but are most conveniently forwarded to the Committee staff, Mr. Gregory S. Rost, Vice President and Chief of Staff, gregrost@upenn.edu, who is supporting the review process. Comments should be submitted no later than April 30, 2014.