President Daniels Announces Search for Next
Provost
On May 20, President Ronald J. Daniels sent the
following broadcast e-mail to the Johns Hopkins
community.
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:
Yesterday, Provost Kristina Johnson was formally
confirmed as undersecretary of energy. With
the Senate confirmation for Dr. Johnson complete, Dr. Scott
Zeger moves from acting to interim
provost and will remain interim provost until the next
provost is announced.
We will now embark on a search for the university's
next provost and senior vice president for
academic affairs. In anticipation of this moment, and in
the knowledge that we would want to move
ahead as expeditiously as possible, I have appointed a
search committee to assist me in identifying the
right person for this critical appointment.
The search committee has been asked to undertake a
broad and open search to identify a
dynamic academic leader and distinguished scholar as our
next provost. The provost plays a critical
role at Johns Hopkins, and the challenge will be to find an
individual who can bring strong academic
leadership to a university which is highly decentralized
and geographically distributed yet proudly
committed to the idea of a strong, cohesive university.
This individual must have a deep understanding
of the academic mission of the university and be committed
to supporting school goals while fostering
interdisciplinary collaboration in the service of
distinguishing the university as a whole. In addition,
the next provost will be expected to lead with the mandate
of increasing service and support for the
deans, schools, faculty and students, supported by a strong
understanding of undergraduate, graduate
and professional education and student life. In addition to
working closely with me, the next provost
will be a key member of the senior leadership team of the
university.
The members of the committee, with broad
representation from across the university, are Chi
V. Dang (chair), professor and vice dean for research,
School of Medicine; Ira M. Blatstein, director
of strategic planning, Applied Physics Laboratory, and
assistant professor, School of Education;
Jacquelyn C. Campbell, professor, School of Nursing;
Dipankar Chakravarti, professor and vice dean
for programs, Carey Business School; Andrea Gielen,
professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health;
Gregory D. Hager, professor, Whiting School of Engineering;
Mariale M. Hardiman, assistant dean and
chair of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Education;
Peter M. Lewis, associate professor, Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Lloyd B.
Minor, professor, School of Medicine; Yong-
Hi Moon, piano faculty, Peabody Institute; Daniel H. Reich,
professor, Krieger School of Arts and
Sciences; Ben Vinson, professor, Krieger School of Arts and
Sciences; Mindelyn Buford, graduate
student, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; Kibem
"Antonio" Kim, student, School of Medicine;
Abigail C. Duggan, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences,
class of 2010; Jerome D. Schnydman (staff to
the committee), secretary of the board of trustees and
executive assistant to the president; and Lois
Chiang (staff to the committee), senior adviser to the
president.
The search will be supported by Ilene Nagel of the
executive search firm of Russell Reynolds.
I thank Chi and all members of this committee in
advance for their considerable commitment of
time and energy to this process.
The committee invites your advice and assistance.
Committee members would like your views as
to the qualities required in our next provost. They would
also appreciate nominations of specific
candidates. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to
[email protected] and include
the name, institution and contact information (if possible)
of any specific candidates. All submissions
will be kept in the strictest confidence. All
communications will be reviewed until a successful
candidate is named; however, nominations should be
received, preferably in electronic form, no later
than Friday, June 5, 2009.
Sincerely,
Ronald J. Daniels
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