Campus Advisory Committee named to help in selection of 17th president

President Vartan Gregorian has announced the 13 members of the campus Advisory Committee that will assist the Brown Corporation in selecting Brown's 17th president.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Addressing a regular meeting of the Brown University faculty Tuesday, Feb. 5, President Vartan Gregorian announced the membership of a special campus Advisory Committee that will assist the Brown Corporation in selecting the University's 17th president. Creation of the 13-member committee - six faculty, two administrators and five students (three undergraduates, one graduate, one medical) - had been authorized by the Corporation's Advisory and Executive Committee on Jan. 17.

At its first meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Advisory Committee selected Professor David Kertzer as its chair and Professor Nancy Rosenblum as its vice chair.

The campus Advisory Committee will work closely with the Corporation's Presidential Selection Committee, which is being chaired by Brown Chancellor Alva O. Way. Chairs of the two committees will consult regularly, and the full committees will hold joint sessions as necessary. The first joint session will occur Feb. 15, following the Corporation's regular winter meeting. Both committees will review the full list of nominees. Selection of a new president is the responsibility of the Corporation and is its most important duty.

Campus Advisory Committee

Faculty members, appointed by the Faculty Executive Committee:

• Agnes Kane, professor of medical science in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, which she also chairs;
• David Kertzer (chair), the Paul R. Dupee Jr. University Professor of Social Science and professor of anthropology and history;
• David Konstan, the John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and professor of classics;
• Franco Preparata, the An Wang Professor of Computer Science and professor of computer science;
• Nancy Rosenblum (vice chair), professor of political science and former department chair;
• Richard Stratt, professor of chemistry and department chair.

Adminstrators, appointed by Chancellor Alva O. Way:

• Walter Holmes, vice president for administration;
• James Wyche, associate provost, associate professor of medical science and executive director of the Leadership Alliance.

Undergraduate students, appointed by Dean of the College Kenneth Sacks, in consultation with the Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS):

• Jorge Casimiro, a junior from Houston, Texas, president of UCS;
• Catherine Duggan, a junior from Chicago, Ill., vice president of UCS;
• Lori Tully, a junior from Issaquah, Wash., a writing and rhetoric fellow who is active at the Swearer Center for Public Service.

Medical student representative, appointed by Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Donald J. Marsh, M.D., in consultation with the Medical Student Senate:

• Graham Gardner, vice chair of the Medical Student Senate.

Graduate student representative, appointed by Dean of the Graduate School and Research Peder Estrup, in consultation with the Graduate Student Council:

• Michael Robbins, a doctoral candidate in economics and former treasurer of the Graduate Student Council.