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Pres search committee to meet Friday

Brian Morelli

Iowa City Press-Citizen

January 31, 2007

UI Search Committee to Hold Meeting Friday

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The University of Iowa presidential search committee will hold its second meeting from noon to 1:45 p.m. Friday in Room N304 of the Dental Science Building on campus.

The meeting is open to the public. Agenda items include a listing of groups the committee would like to interact with, developing a message for the UI community and for candidates, developing a timeline and task list and discussion on committee procedures.

This is the second committee to attempt to find a replacement for David Skorton, who announced more than a year ago he was leaving to become Cornell University president. A seven-month, $216,000 initial search stalled Nov. 17 after being mired in secrecy and controversy. Six regents voted down four finalists and disbanded the search committee.

The 13-person second committee kicked off with the naming of College of Dentistry Dean David Johnsen on Dec. 18, and final appointments occurred Jan. 11.


UI search committee to hold meeting Friday

Iowa City Press-Citizen

January 30, 2007



The University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee will meet from noon to 1:45 p.m. Friday in Room N304 of the Dental Science Building on the UI campus. The meeting is open to the public.

The committee's agenda includes discussions on "engaging the UI Community" and discussion of setting a timeline for the search. The committee will also discuss the wording of messages to be sent to the UI community as well as to potential candidates for the UI presidency.

The agenda of the meeting is as follows:

1. Review and acceptance of Jan. 26, 2007 meeting report

2. Continued discussion on engaging the UI Community

a. Updates

b. First draft listing of UI Community members to interact with

3. Continued discussion on message(s) for:
a. UI Community members

b. Potential candidates

4. First discussion on Committee timeline/task list
a. Logistics

b. Evaluations at Committee-determined steps

5. General update on contacts

6. Continued discussion on UI identities and directions

7. Continued discussion on Committee procedures (as needed)

8. Adjourn

Members of the Presidential Search Committee are David Johnsen, chair and dean of the UI College of Dentistry; Professor Jonathan Carlson, College of Law; Professor Lee Anna Clark, Department of Psychology; Professor Elizabeth Chrischilles, Department of Epidemiology; Associate Professor Sarah England, Physiology and Biophysics; Professor Ed Folsom, Department of English; Leonard Hadley, retired Chairman and CEO, Maytag Corporation; Dean Linda Maxson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor Paul Rothman, DEO, Department of Internal Medicine; Professor Gene Parkin, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering; Cheryl Reardon, Assistant to the Dean/VP for Research; Professor Jarjisu Sa-Aadu, Department of Finance; and Sarah Vigmostad, graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.