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Five Western New Yorkers have been named to a committee formed to conduct
a nationwide search for a successor to State University of New York
Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett. Bartlett, who has served as chancellor since 1994, announced April 30 that he would resign as chancellor by June 15. Thomas F. Egan, chair of the SUNY Board of Trustees, announced formation of the search committee May 2. Egan will chair the committee, which includes members of the Board of Trustees, campus presidents, the SUNY Faculty Senate president, elected leaders of the Student Assembly, a representative from a campus College Council, central and campus administration representatives and a leadership representative of United University Professions. "We must begin immediately to seek a replacement for Tom Bartlett," Egan said. "I am sorry that Tom is leaving, but I respect his decision. And I am very pleased that he will be working with the board to advise us on next steps." Local representatives named to the SUNY Chancellor Search Committee are: Arnold B. Gardner, SUNY Board of Trustees; Pamela R. Jacobs, SUNY Board of Trustees; Muriel Moore, president, Buffalo State College; Molly McKeown, deputy to the president for university relations at UB; Blake Walker, treasurer, Student Assembly, Buffalo State College. In addition, members of the SUNY Chancellor Search Committee include: Erland Kailbourne, vice chairman, SUNY Board of Trustees; Roderick G.W. Chu, SUNY Board of Trustees; Candace de Russy, SUNY Board of Trustees; Judith Lasher Duken, SUNY Board of Trustees. Vincent Aceto, SUNY Faculty Senate president and professor, School of Information Science & Policy, University at Albany; Francille M. Firebaugh, dean, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University; Bill Lacy, president, Purchase College; Eduardo J. Marti, president, Corning Community College; Russell Miller, president, Health Science Center, Brooklyn; William Rezak, president, Alfred College of Technology. William H. Anslow, SUNY senior vice chancellor; William Chellis, Student Assembly vice president and student, Oneonta College; Thomas Kelly, vice president for external affairs, University at Binghamton; Richard T. Nasti, Council chair, University at Stony Brook; Judith Peckham, president, Association of Boards of Trustees of Community Colleges; Anna Tan-Wilson, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Binghamton; William Scheuerman, president, United University Professions.
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