DARTMOUTH - Feb.6, 2015:UMass trustees formally launched the system's search for a new president today by creating a Search Committee described as "distinguished and diverse" and by pledging to find…, Robert J. Manning, Chair, UMass Lowell '84, '11 (Hon), Chairman of MFS Investment Management, Susan J. Braunhut, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences, UMass Lowell, Richard P. Campbell, JD, UMass Boston '70, UMass Trustee and Founding Shareholder of Campbell Campbell and Edwards & Conroy PC, Edward W. Collins, Jr., UMass Trustee and International Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Roger W. Crandall, Chairman, President and CEO of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Mutual Life Insurance Company, Sarah Freudson, Student Trustee, UMass Amherst, David G. Fubini, UMass Amherst '76, UMass Trustee and Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company; Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Mark A. Fuller, PhD, Dean and Thomas O'Brien Endowed Chair, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, A. YÄ™misi Jimoh, PhD, Professor of Afro-American Studies in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department, UMass Amherst, Philip W.Johnston, UMass Amherst '68, UMass Trustee, Chair of UMass Building Authority, and President and Founder of Johnston Associates, LLC, James J. Karam, UMass Dartmouth '71, '01 (Hon), President and Founder of First Bristol Corporation, Mark A. Keroack, MD, President and CEO of Baystate Health, Patrick Lowe, Student Trustee, UMass Medical School, Katherine F. Ruiz De Luzuriaga, MD,, UMass Memorial Health Care Chair in Biomedical Research; Director, UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science; Vice Provost, Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Molecular…, Jacob D. Miller, Student Trustee, UMass Dartmouth, Grant V. O'Rielly, PhD, Professor of Physics, UMass Dartmouth, Kerri E. Osterhaus-Houle, MD, UMass Medical School '99, UMass Trustee and Physician at Women's Health of Central Â鶹ÊÓƵ, R. Norman Peters, JD,UMass Medical School '04 (Hon), UMass Trustee and Founding Partner of Peters and Sowyrda, James A. Peyser, UMass Trustee and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Secretary of Education, Bala Sundaram, PhD, Professor of Physics, UMass Boston, Marcellette G. Williams, PhD, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations, UMass President's Office Contact: Robert P. Connolly, 617-548-0238; Ann Scales, 617-287-4084
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees Chairman Henry M. Thomas, III, President Caret has informed me that after much soul-searching and deliberation, he has accepted the position of Chancellor of the University System of Maryland. I am disappointed to be losing Bob as…, UMass President Robert L. Caret, While I am excited and energized to return to Maryland, where I have accepted the position of Chancellor at the University System of Maryland, at the same time, I'm saddened that I will be leaving…, Accomplishments, When he arrived in 2011, President Caret introduced himself to the state with a listening tour, traveling 400 miles across the state, meeting with business, civic and educational leaders to stress…, Major achievements at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ during Robert L. Caret's presidency include:, The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, considered the most rigorous and influential comparison of universities internationally, ranking the UMass system among the Top 100 universities…, Statement from the University System of Maryland:, http://www.usmd.edu/newsroom/news/1424
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