SUBJECT:

Search Committee for Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of Graduate School of Marine Sciences

I am pleased to announce the composition of the Search Committee for the Vice Chancellor of Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences. Last month, I announced Tony Haymet’s decision to retire from his administrative roles at UC San Diego.

Peter F. Cowhey, Dean of the Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies, has agreed to Chair the Committee. I will participate in Committee meetings as Co-Chair. The Committee’s membership includes:

PETER F. COWHEY, Dean of IR/PS, Chair
LIHINI I. ALUWIHARE, Associate Professor, Geosciences Research Division
RONALD BURTON, Professor, Marine Biology Research Division
WAYNE C. FARQUHARSON, MSO, Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
JEFFREY GEE, Associate Vice Chancellor/Deputy Director for Research
WILLIAM GERWICK, Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences
NIGELLA HILLGARTH, Executive Director, Birch Aquarium
STEPHEN MAYFIELD, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
CLYDE OSTLER, Chair, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Advisory
Council
LARRY SMARR, Director, Calit2
LISA TAUXE, Professor, Geosciences Research Division
PETER M. SHEARER, Professor, Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
MARK H. THIEMENS, Dean, Division of Physical Sciences
WILLIAM R. YOUNG, Professor, Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical
Oceanography
ROSA LEON ZAYAS, Doctoral Student, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography

The Committee will conduct an international search for a candidate at the full professor level who must be a scholar of distinction with an international reputation. A record of effective academic administration and leadership skills beneficial to the mission of Scripps Institution of Oceanography are required.

I am grateful to all members of the committee for their assistance in this most important search.

Pradeep K. Khosla Chancellor