Alumni Past President Named to U Presidential Search Committee

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (06/10/2010) — The University of Minnesota Board of Regents appointed a search advisory committee, which includes the Alumni Association's immediate past-president Bruce Mooty, as it begins the search for the 16th president of the university. President Robert Bruininks has announced his intention to leave the presidency at the end of his contract in June 2011.

In addition, the board discussed a charge for the search advisory committee as well as the characteristics they will be seeking in the new president.  (See our Presidential Search page here for more.)

Regent Patricia Simmons of Rochester will chair the search advisory committee, which consists of twelve members, including representation of students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community.

The membership of the committee includes:

Patricia Simmons, Chair
Regent

David Bernlohr
Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Joint Department of the Medical School and College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota

Nancy Carpenter
Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science and Mathematics
University of Minnesota Morris
Morse Alumni Award for Undergraduate Education

Etty DeVeaux
Administrative Director, Department of Plant Biology and
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and
College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota

Marti Hope Gonzales
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota

Elliot Kaplan
Attorney and Partner
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Ryan Kennedy
B.A., Political Science, College of Liberal Arts 2009
Candidate, Master of Public Policy, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Richard Leppert
Regents Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
Morse Alumni Award for Undergraduate Education

Allen Levine
Dean and Professor, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences
University of Minnesota
Director, Minnesota Obesity Center

Bruce Mooty
Attorney and Principal
Gray Plant Mooty

Carol Person
Judge (retired), Minnesota District Court
Sixth Judicial District, Duluth

Eric Sheppard
Regents Professor, Department of Geography
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota

More information on the presidential search is available at http://www.presidentsearch.umn.edu.