1/31/2012: It’s more than 2 months since the OUS board fired Richard Lariviere. Board Chair Matt Donegan told us repeatedly at the Portland meeting that he was confident the board could find a qualified replacement quickly. But Chancellor George Pernsteiner still has not even been able to assemble a search committee. (Though he has hired Kim Morrison and the search firm “Diversified Search”.) We’ve been hearing for 3 weeks now that the committee announcement would be made within a few days. Tomorrow?
Not a surprise. The longer he stalls the more likely there are no strong candidates and no strong UO Pres, so Pernsteiner and Donegan win.
The Search Committee has been named, the media announcement will be released later today.
Search Committee members will include the following representatives from UO’s many constituent groups, including: Miriam Abelson, UO graduate student in Women’s and Gender Studies; Maneesh Arora, UO undergraduate student in Environmental Studies; Miriam Bolton, UO executive assistant, Lundquist College of Business; Frances Bronet, UO dean, School of Architecture & Allied Arts; Eric Clark, UO libraries’ student coordinator and assistant to unit manager; Ben Eckstein, undergraduate student in Planning and Public Policy Management, and president of Associated Students of the UO; Allyn Ford, search chair, and president of Roseburg Forest Products; Dan Giustina, managing partner, Giustina Resources; Michael Hames-Garcia, UO professor of Ethnic Studies; Robin Holmes, UO vice president for Student Affairs; Gregg Kantor, CEO, Northwest Natural Gas Company; Robert Kyr, Phillip H. Knight professor, UO School of Music and Dance; Anne Marie Levis, president, UO Alumni Association, and president & creative director, Funk/Levis & Associates; Gwen Lillis, chair, The Lillis Foundation; Ed Maletis, UO Foundation member; Alec Murphy, UO professor of Geography; Margie Paris, UO professor of Law; Preston Pulliams, president, Portland Community College; Geraldine Richmond, UO professor of Chemistry; Kim Sheehan, professor of Journalism; and Mary Spilde, president, Lane Community College.