March 8, 2002 UNT Inhouse publication: Chancellor search advisory committee formed

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Chancellor search advisory committee formed

Fifteen people have been appointed to a committee to advise the UNT System Board of Regents as the regents search for a new system chancellor.

UNT System Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley announced in January that he plans to step down from his position this fall.

magnifying glass The search advisory committee will review applications received for the chancellor position and make candidate recommendations to the regents, who will make the final selection to fill the position. The committee held its first meeting in February.

The committee includes representatives of the faculty, staff, students and administration of UNT, the UNT System and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth and representatives of the communities of Denton, Fort Worth and Dallas.

"We are ready and able for the task ahead of us," says UNT Regent Gayle Strange, who is serving as the committee chair. "It is an exciting time in the life of the university and system, and it is a time to build on the fine traditions in place. Dr. Hurley leaves us with big shoes to fill."

Strange says the committee encourages people to nominate candidates. Potential candidates should visit the web site of Korn Ferry International, www.kornferry.com, which is assisting the UNT System with the search process.

Bobby Ray, UNT Board of Regents chair, says the board hopes to name a new chancellor by the end of the fiscal year in August.

For more information, visit www.unt.edu/chancellorsearch.

Advisory committee members

Gayle Strange, UNT System regent, committee chair
Richard Rafes, UNT System vice chancellor and general counsel, committee secretary
Norval Pohl, UNT president
Ron Blanck, UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth president
John Price, UNT System Center executive director
Juliet Getty, UNT associate professor of merchandising and hospitality management and Faculty Senate chair
Dee Wilson, UNT associate director of Career Services and Staff Council chair
James Hall, Health Science Center associate professor of medicine and Executive Council of Faculty chair
Susie Reyes, Health Science Center director of strategic planning and staff representative
Brandon Daniels, president of the UNT Student Government Association
David Brabham, member of the Health Science Center Medical Student Government Association and president of the class of 2004
Euline Brock, Denton mayor
Bob Bolen, former Fort Worth mayor
Beverly Mitchell-Brooks, Dallas Urban League president
Felix Zamora, student institutional development vice president of Eastfield College, part of the Dallas County Community College District