ByGeorge!

June 2006

GW Forms Presidential Search Committee

Charles T. Manatt, JD ’62, chairman of the Board of Trustees, has announced the formation of the search committee to identify the next president of the University. President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg will become President Emeritus and a University Professor in the summer of 2007.

“Steve Trachtenberg has strategically advanced GW’s reputation as a top-tier university,” said Manatt. “The search committee announced today is now charged with identifying his successor and assessing the institutional priorities for the next decade so that GW may continue to build upon its strategic objectives for excellence in research and academic pursuits, operational excellence, and community among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other key stakeholders.”

The search committee will be chaired by W. Russell Ramsey, BA ’81, who also is vice chair of the GW Board of Trustees. The vice chair of the committee is Lydia W. Thomas, who also serves as secretary of the board. Additional trustees on the search committee include Cynthia Baker, MVC ’78; Joseph L. Brand, JD ’63 (emeritus trustee); Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., BS ’85; Gerald Lazarus, MD ’63 (alumni trustee); Raymond J. Oglethorpe, MS ’69; Kristy McDonnell Ortiz, BS ’00, MS ’01 (alumni trustee); and Linda Rabbitt, MA ’72.

In addition to the nine trustees, the search committee includes three faculty members, the president of the GW Alumni Association Christopher G. Young, BBA ’80, MAccy ’83, and GW Student Association President Lamar Thorpe. The faculty representatives are Gary L. Simon, MD, professor of medicine and of microbiology and tropical medicine, and vice chairman for the department of medicine; Philip W. Wirtz, professor of management science and of psychology; and Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., professor of law. The faculty also established a consultative committee consisting of representatives of GW’s eight schools and colleges to advise and consult with the search committee and Board of Trustees in the selection of the next president.

The presidential search committee will be charged with finalizing the search process, which will include opportunities for public comment from the various constituencies of the University community, developing the search criteria and candidate qualifications, and completing candidate recruitment and selection. The committee will periodically report to the full Board of Trustees and may make public statements as appropriate.


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