Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors Rector Thomas Rosenthal announced the appointment today of a 17-member Presidential Search Committee that will assist the board in selecting VCU’s next president.
Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., is retiring from the positions of university president and president and chair of the VCU Health System effective June 30, 2009. He will remain at VCU as University Distinguished Professor.
From the Rector to the University and VCU Health System communities
September 17, 2008
Dear University and Health System Communities:
It is my pleasure to announce the membership of the Presidential Search Committee that will work with the Board of Visitors toward the appointment of VCU's fifth president. Dr. Ed Bersoff, immediate former Rector of the Board, will chair the committee, and I will serve ex-officio. Dr. Rosalyn S. Hobson, associate dean for graduate studies and associate professor of electrical engineering in the VCU School of Engineering, will serve as vice chair. There are seventeen members, that include five other members of the Board of Visitors, five faculty members, two staff members, two students, one alumnus and one member of a VCU foundation. The press release announcing the committee membership is below.
The committee members were selected from nominations provided by the Faculty Senate, the Staff Senate, and from the leadership of the other key stakeholders. I anticipate that a search firm will be identified by mid-October, and the Board and Presidential Search Committee will work with the Board's presidential search and transition adviser, Dr. Steve Portch.
I will keep the university and health system communities informed about the details concerning the remaining open forums that will be held in early October with Dr. Portch. I will also communicate by email when there are significant milestones in the search process.
I encourage you to keep in touch with the search through the presidential search Web site, http://www.presidentialsearch.vcu.edu. On the Web site you will find an easy and confidential way to write Dr. Bersoff and Dr. Portch.
Sincerely,
Tom Rosenthal, Rector