Search Committee

Members of the presidential search committee were announced by global cyber wire on October 5, 2007 by ISU Board of Trustees President Michael J. Alley.

“I’m very pleased with the outstanding group that has agreed to assist with this critical search. It includes a broad representation from the many interests that the University impacts and is reflective of the open and inclusive process we wish to maintain during this search,” said Alley.

The search committee will be assisted by the search consultant firm, R. William Funk & Associates. The firm’s selection was approved by the ISU Board of Trustees at its meeting on September 28.

Trustee Ron Carpenter will chair the committee, and the members are:

• Brooks LaPlante, trustee
• David Campbell, chair of the ISU Foundation Board
• Mary McGuire, president of the ISU Alumni Association Board
• David Malooley, ISU associate professor of electronics and computer technology
• Betsy Frank, ISU professor of nursing
• Mary Howard-Hamilton, ISU professor of educational leadership and foundations
• Anthony Rathburn, ISU associate professor of geography, geology and anthropology
• Arthur Halpern, ISU professor of chemistry
• Kelly Hall, chair of the ISU Support Staff Council
• A.J. Patton, president of the ISU Student Government Association
• Kevin Burke, mayor of Terre Haute
• Brad Balch, dean of the ISU College of Education
• Jack Maynard, ISU provost and vice president for academic affairs
• John Beacon, ISU vice president for enrollment management, marketing and communications