Eric Kaler, the next president of the University of Minnesota, announced today the 13-person committee who will conduct the search for the U's next provost (senior vice president for academic affairs). Members are:

R. Timothy Mulcahy, Chair
Vice President for Research

Lendley C. Black
Chancellor, University of Minnesota Duluth

Steven L. Crouch
Dean, College of Science and Engineering

Connie W. Delaney
Dean, School of Nursing

Coty N. Jen
Graduate student, College of Science and Engineering

Regina G. Kunzel
Professor, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Wendy Pradt Lougee
University of Minnesota Librarian

Judith A. Martin
Professor and Director of the Urban Studies Program, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts

James A. Parente, Jr.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts

G. David Tilman
Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences

Selwyn M. Vickers
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical School

Eric M. White
Undergraduate student, Carlson School of Management

Amelious N. Whyte, Jr.
Chief of Staff, Office for Student Affairs

The group will conduct a national search over the spring and summer, with public interviews in the fall, according to a news release.