FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Feb. 7, 2005
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PRESIDENT DYNES NAMES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR NEW UC IRVINE CHANCELLOR

University of California President Robert C. Dynes has named a 17-member committee of university regents, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community representatives to advise him in the search for the next chancellor of UC Irvine.

Earlier today, the National Academies of Science in Washington, DC, announced that University of California, Irvine Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone was officially elected president, effective July 1, 2005. Cicerone was nominated to the presidency last June: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1175

Serving on the advisory committee will be:

- Elena Fuentes-Afflick, professor, UC San Francisco School of Medicine;

- Sandra S. Irani, professor of computer science, UC Irvine;

- Larry Eugene Overman, professor of chemistry, UC Irvine;

- Brook Thomas, professor of English and comparative literature, UC Irvine;

- George Blumenthal, chair, Universitywide Academic Senate;

- Norman J. Pattiz, founder and chairman of the board of Westwood One and a UC regent;

- Monica Lozano, publisher and chief executive officer of La Opinión newspaper and a UC regent;

- Tom Sayles, vice president of Sempra Energy and a UC regent;

- Jodi L. Anderson, graduate student, UC Los Angeles and a UC regent;

- Gary D. Novack, founder and President of Pharma-Logic Development Inc. and a UC regent;

- Penny White, manager of distribution and document management, UC Irvine;

- Gabriel Ayass, president, Associated Students, UC Irvine;

- Fabio Leite, president, Associated Graduate Students, UC Irvine;

- Steven A. McHolm, past president, UC Irvine Alumni Association;

- Ted Smith, board chair, UC Irvine Foundation;

Ex officio members of the selection committee include:

- Dynes, convener of the committee;

- Gerald L. Parsky, chairman of Aurora Capital Partners and chairman of the UC Board of Regents.

Joseph P. Mullinix, UC senior vice president--business and finance, and Linda Morris Williams, UC associate president, will serve as consultants to the committee.

The committee's first meeting is set for Feb. 11 at UC Irvine, where committee members will meet in closed session with faculty, staff, students and community representatives to gather ideas and comments regarding the search and to learn the distinct needs of the Irvine campus.

The committee also will be involved in recruiting, screening and conducting interviews with candidates for the position. The process will be assisted by the search firm of A.T. Kearney Inc.

Cicerone, an atmospheric chemist, has served as UCI chancellor since April 1998. He also holds the Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. Chair in Earth System Science and serves as professor of chemistry.

Chartered by Congress in 1863, the National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, and it is dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and their use for the general welfare.

UC Irvine is a top-ranked public university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with more than 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,400 faculty members. The second-largest employer in dynamic Orange County, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $3 billion.

Dynes hopes to bring a recommendation on a candidate to the Board of Regents by late spring.

For more information about the search from the Irvine campus: http://www.uci.edu/chancellor_search

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