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The
president of the 10-campus UC system is Robert
C. Dynes.
UC Berkeley
Robert J. Birgeneau
Robert J. Birgeneau became the ninth chancellor of UC Berkeley on Sept. 22, 2004. An internationally distinguished physicist, he is a leader in higher education and is well known for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community.
Before coming to Berkeley, Birgeneau served four years as president of the University of Toronto. He previously was dean of the School of Science at MIT, where he spent 25 years on the faculty. From 1968-75, he was at Bell Laboratories and subsequently joined the physics faculty at MIT.
A foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences, he has received many awards for teaching and research, and is one of the most cited physicists in the world for his work on the fundamental properties of materials.
Birgeneau received his B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in physics from Yale.
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 UC Davis
Larry N. Vanderhoef
A recognized expert on the special role and obligations of the modern land-grant university, Chancellor Vanderhoef took office in April 1994. His research interests lie in the general area of plant growth and development, and in the evolution of the land-grant universities.
Dedicated to building greater understanding and good will internationally, in 2004 he led the first official U.S. university delegation to Iran since 1979. His efforts to internationalize the campus have been recognized by the Northern California World Trade Center and the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, and he has been cited as one of the 20 people who have contributed most substantially to California’s capital region over the past 20 years.
He joined the Davis campus in 1984 as its executive vice chancellor and provost and the one-person governing board of the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Previously, he held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, where he also served as a department head, and at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was appointed provost. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and a Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Purdue University.
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 UC
Irvine
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake, M.D., longtime UC faculty member and administrator and UC vice president for health affairs, was appointed chancellor of UC Irvine effective July 1, 2005.
UC Irvine's fifth chancellor, Drake has received numerous awards for teaching, public service, mentoring and research, including the UCSF School of Medicine's Clinical Teaching Award, and is the recipient of the Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Drake is the current national president of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and serves as a trustee of the Association of Academic Health Centers. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine in 1998.
He holds an M.D. from UC San Francisco, and two undergraduate degrees, an A.B. in African and African American studies from Stanford University and a B.S. in medical sciences from UCSF. He also holds certifications from the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Ophthalmology.
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 UCLA
Gene D. Block
An accomplished biologist and administrator, Gene D. Block was named chancellor of the UCLA campus, effective Aug. 1, 2007. Before coming to UCLA, Block served for nearly 30 years in several administrative roles at the University of Virginia, including vice president and provost for the past five years, vice president for research and public service, vice provost for research, founding director of the university's National Science Foundation Center for Biological Timing, and director of the Biodynamics Institute.
Block's major research interests are cellular physiology of biological clocks, and chronobiological aspects of aging. He has published extensively on matters concerning sleep-related biological research, and his inventions include a non-contact respiratory monitor for the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and a speaking aid for movement restricted patients. A recipient of the National Science Foundation Pioneer Award, Block is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, and serves on the National Institute of Aerospace board of directors. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University , and master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Oregon.
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 UC
Merced
Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang
Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang was appointed chancellor of UC Merced effective March 1, 2007. Beginning in 2001, Kang served as dean of the Baskin School of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Prior to his appointment at UCSC, he was a professor and department head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois. Until 1985, Kang was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he led the development of the world's first 32-bit CMOS microprocessor chips and peripheral chips. He was also a visiting professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in his field, he holds 14 patents, has published more than 350 technical papers, and has coauthored eight books. His current research interests include low-power/large-scale integration design, mixed-signal mixed-technology integrated systems, modeling and simulation of semiconductor devices and circuits, high-speed optoelectronic circuits and optical network systems, and nanoelectronics.
Kang received a B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, his M.S. from SUNY-Buffalo and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley - all in electrical engineering.
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 UC Riverside
Robert D. Grey, Acting Chancellor
Robert D. Grey, a UC veteran and seasoned academic administrator, was named acting chancellor of UC Riverside, effective June 29, 2007. He recently served as executive assistant to the chancellor for health affairs at UC Riverside, where he has helped in planning its medical school. Prior to his work at Riverside, Grey had a long and distinguished career at UC Davis. A member of the Davis faculty since 1967, he served as dean of its division of biological sciences and as provost and executive vice chancellor.
Grey graduated from Phillips University and received his doctoral degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught and conducted research before joining the UC Davis faculty. An award-winning teacher, he is has been a reviewer and editorial consultant for several professional journals and has published extensively in his research area, biology of fertilization and cell biology.
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 UC
San Diego
Marye Anne Fox
Marye Anne Fox was named chancellor of UC San Diego effective August 2004. She previously served as chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1998-2004. Before going to North Carolina, Fox spent 22 years at the University of Texas, where she was a professor of organic chemistry and vice president for research.
She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and has served on its executive committee, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fox has held more than 50 endowed lectureships and numerous visiting professorships at universities around the world. Fox has received numerous teaching awards, as well as the Monie Ferst Award, a national award recognizing outstanding mentoring of graduate students. She has also received a long list of research awards from professional societies in the U.S. and abroad. Fox earned a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame, a master's degree from Cleveland State University and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth.
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 UC
San Francisco
J. Michael Bishop
Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop, one of the
world's foremost medical researchers and a leading
advocate for science education and increased
public investment in scientific research, became
chancellor in July 1998.
At UC San Francisco, Bishop is a distinguished
and popular teacher and adviser. He has twice
received the campus' Kaiser Award for Excellence
in Teaching and in 1994 was appointed a university
professor, the highest honor UC can bestow on
a professor in recognition of superior scholarship
and teaching.
Bishop shared the Nobel Prize in 1989 with
UCSF professor Harold E. Varmus. They won the
award in physiology of medicine for discovering
that normal cells contain genes that can cause
cancer if they malfunction. Their discovery
is widely credited with sparking a revolution
in cancer research.
Bishop earned his M.D. degree, cum laude, from
Harvard in 1962 and went on to serve in a number
of research, teaching and clinical appointments.
He joined UCSF in 1968 as an assistant professor
of microbiology and immunology. Soon after,
he became an associate professor and professor,
and in 1982 was appointed a professor of biochemistry
and biophysics. In addition, since 1990, he
has been a non-resident fellow of The Salk Institute
for Biological Sciences in La Jolla, CA.
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 UC Santa Barbara
Henry T. Yang
Yang was named UC Santa Barbara's fifth chancellor
in 1994. He is also a professor of mechanical
engineering at UCSB, specializing in aerospace
structures, structural dynamics, composite materials,
finite elements, transonic aeroelasticity, wind
and earthquake structural engineering, and manufacturing.
Before joining UCSB, Yang was the Neil A. Armstrong
Distinguished Professor of Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University,
where he also served as the dean of engineering
for ten years.
Yang holds a bachelor's degree from National
Taiwan University, a master's degree from West
Virginia University, and a doctorate from Cornell
University. He is a member of the National Academy
of Engineering and a Fellow of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Yang continues to receive federal research
grants, guide graduate students, and teach undergraduate
courses at the Santa Barbara campus.
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UC Santa Cruz
George Blumenthal, chancellor
George Blumenthal was named the 10th chancellor of UC Santa Cruz on September 19, 2007. A UCSC professor of astronomy and astrophysics and a former chair of the UC systemwide Academic Senate, he had served as acting chancellor since July 2006.
A member of the UC Santa Cruz faculty since 1972, Blumenthal has chaired its astronomy and astrophysics department and the Santa Cruz Division of the Academic Senate. His areas of research include the nature of the dark matter which constitutes most of the mass in the universe, the origin of galaxies and other large structures in the universe, and the structure of active galactic nuclei such as quasars. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Ph.D. in physics from UC San Diego. [photo: Paul Schraub Photography]
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