ANN ARBOR—Mary Sue Coleman will be inaugurated as the 13th president of the University of Michigan in ceremonies to take place on March 27 in the Crisler Arena on the University campus. The academic procession will begin at 9:45 a.m. and the installation will occur at 10 a.m. "President Coleman’s inauguration will be open to the entire campus community," Inauguration chairwoman Chacona Johnson said. "We have chosen to hold the ceremony in the Crisler Arena expressly in order to make it possible to invite everyone — faculty, students and staff — to attend this historic moment in the life of the University." An academic symposium is scheduled to follow the inaugural ceremony from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Power Center. Inauguration day activities will conclude with a campus-wide reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the President’s House, 815 South University Ave. All are invited. The inauguration ceremony is open to all. Seating is open; tickets are not required. Biography
Mary Sue Coleman became the 13th president of the University of Michigan on Formerly president of the University of Iowa (1995-2002), Coleman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine in 1997, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She co-chairs the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance. She serves on the Association of American Universities (AAU) executive committee, the American Council on Education (ACE) board of directors, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) board of directors, and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She has been appointed to the boards of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor. Coleman has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs (1993-1995) at the University of New Mexico and as vice chancellor for graduate studies and research (1992-1993) and associate provost and dean of research (1990-1992) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She served 19 years as a member of the biochemistry faculty and as a Cancer Center administrator at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where her research focused on the immune system and malignancies. At the University of Michigan, she holds appointments as professor of biological chemistry in the U-M Medical School and professor of chemistry in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Coleman also has served on the board of trustees of Grinnell College, board of trustees of the Universities Research Association, ACE Task Force on Teacher Education and Commission on Minorities in Higher Education, Business-Higher Education Forum, Imagining America Presidents’ Council, AAU Task Force on Research Accountability, NCAA Standards for Success Advisory Board, and Presidents Leadership Group of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. President Coleman earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Grinnell College and her doctorate in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina. She did postdoctoral work at North Carolina and at the University of Texas at Austin. Mary Sue Coleman is married to Kenneth Coleman, a political scientist specializing in Latin America. Their son, Jonathan, is a portfolio manager in Denver, Colorado.