Committee appointed to help in search for Dearborn chancellor

April 27, 2007
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ANN ARBOR—A 15-member Search Advisory Committee for the chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn has been appointed by President Lee C. Bollinger to help him conduct a national search for a successor to James Renick.

Ismael Ahmed, alumnus and executive director, Arab Community Center for Social and Economic Social Services, Dearborn; Bonnie M. Beyer, associate professor of education; Lars Bjorn, professor of sociology; Linda J. Brown, registrar and adjunct lecturer, School of Education; Elaine G. Clark, professor of history; Linda E. Fisher, associate professor of biology and microbiology; Suneel Gupta, student, School of Management, and president, Student Government;

Steven K. Hamp, president, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum; John A. Helmuth, associate professor and chair, Department of Accounting and Finance; Leah J. Long, administrative manager, Office of the Dean, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters; Nausheen Masood, student, School of Education; Gregory Pochmara, alumnus and program management specialist, Minivan Platform Engineering, Truck Special Programs Engineering, Daimler Chrysler; Malayappan Shridhar, professor and chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Kathleen V. Wider, associate professor of philosophy.

Gary D. Krenz, special counsel to the president, will be liaison to the Office of the President. Adele J. Henry, secretary to the chancellor, will provide staff support.

Renick, who was named U-M-Dearborn chancellor in 1993, became chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University on July 15.