Appointments, Promotions, Honors, Resignations, & Obituaries

Gee Named Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn.,--E. Gordon Gee, president of Brown University, Providence, R.I., has been named president of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., effective August 1.

In 1997, Gee became president of Brown, where he also holds a faculty appointment as professor of education and public policy. Under his leadership, the university has launched interdisciplinary programs in human values and life sciences, and doubled its annual fund raising.

Gee's first academic position was as assistant dean of the law school at University of Utah, Salt Lake City. From 1974 to 1975, he was a judicial fellow and senior staff assistant in the chambers of the Chief Justice of the United States.

Then he served as associate dean and professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. In 1979, he was named dean and professor of law at West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Gee first served as chief executive officer at West Virginia University. Then he was named president of the University of Colorado in 1985, and, in 1990, moved to The Ohio State University.

Gee graduated from the University of Utah in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in history. He earned a law degree and doctorate in education from Columbia University, New York, NY, in 1971 and 1972, respectively.

Vanderbilt is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students.

Schapiro to Lead Williams College

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.,--On July 1, Morton Owen Schapiro will become the 16th president of Williams College, succeeding Carl W. Vogt, who has served as president since the Oct. 9, 1999, resignation of Harry C. Payne. One of the nation's authorities on the economics of higher education, Shapiro is a former Williams' faculty member and current professor of economics, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and vice president for planning at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

Schapiro received his bachelor's degree in economics from Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., in 1975 and his doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1979. His areas of expertise are college financing and affordability, and trends in educational costs and student aid. He has received research grants and contracts to study the economics of higher education and related topics from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and other agencies.

Schapiro has been dean at USC since 1994. Before that he was chair of USC's department of economics, a position he accepted in 1991, after serving as professor of economics and assistant provost at Williams College.

He is also the author or co-author of more than 50 articles and five books. His awards include the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (1999); the Alumni Achievement Award from Hofstra University (1999); and a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (1997).

New Vice President at East Central College

UNION, Mo.,--Tonna Bruce has been named vice president of finance and administration at East Central College. She has been the executive director of institutional development and executive director of the ECC Foundation, the private fund-raising arm of the college, since 1994. (The ECC Foundation board recently re-elected Bruce as its executive director.)

She holds a bachelor's degree from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn., and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Memphis. Bruce is also a graduate of the University of Tennessee Executive Development Program and has studied in the government contracts program at the George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Mott Community College Appoints New President

FLINT, Mich.,--Mott Community College named M. Richard Shaink as its new president. He has been the president of Central Community College, Columbus, Neb., since 1994. From 1990 to 1994, he was vice president of community and economic development at Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Neb.

Shaink earned his Ph.D. in educational administration from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

Adirondack Community College Director Participates in Leadership Program

QUEENSBURY, N.Y.,--Nicole Catapano, director of institutional research and planning at Adirondack Community College, has been chosen to participate in the National Institute for Leadership Development LEADERS 2000 program, an international program for administrators and faculty in higher education.

LEADERS 2000 participants are chosen for their professional abilities, their interests in advancement in higher education, and the quality of their proposed projects.

This yearlong program, designed to enhance the skills participants need to assume major decisionmaking roles in their institutions, includes institutional practice in supervisory and human relations skills, planning and budgeting, organizational transformation, and discussions with national experts on the issues confronting higher education in the next decade.

Berks-Lehigh Valley Dean Announces Retirement

READING, Penn.,--Frederick Gaige, dean of Penn State's Berks-Lehigh Valley College since 1997, has announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31, 2000. Before becoming dean, he was campus executive officer at Penn State Berks.

Before coming to Penn State, Gaige was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, N.J. He earned a master's degree at Brown University, Providence, R.I., and spent two years at the University of Bombay as a tutor in history, before returning to the United States to earn his doctorate in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dominican College Appoints Several New Board Members

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.,--Dominican College recently appointed Sisi Bagge Damner, Laurie Lynch Meyer, Sister Billie Olin, O.P., and Janese Swanson to the Board of Trustees.

Damner graduated from the college in 1967 with a double major in art history and history. In 1984, she started a business, Sleuth Antiques Ltd., importing antiques from England. Meyer received her bachelor of arts degree in English from Dominican in 1969. She is director of corporate communications for Walgreen Co.

Olin holds a bachelor of arts and teaching credential from Dominican and a certificate in gerontology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a teacher at St. Vincent Ferrer School. Swanson holds several degrees in education, including a doctorate in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco. She founded Girl Tech in 1995 after finding that the majority of technology products for children were developed and marketed solely to boys.

New Dean of Freshmen Appointed at Fairfield University

FAIRFIELD, Conn.,--M. Debnam Chappell has been appointed dean of freshmen at Fairfield University. She has served as acting dean since the retirement last June of Henry Murphy, who held the post for nearly 40 years.

Promotions Announced at Greensboro College

GREENSBORO, N.C.,--Greensboro College has promoted two of its staff members, Anne Lundquist, who was hired by the college as associate dean of leadership and first-year programs in November 1999, is now dean of students Cecily A. Crow, who joined the Greensboro College staff in 1998 and is director of student activities, will become assistant dean of student life at the conclusion of the 1999-2000 academic year.

Western Washington President Appointed to CHEA Board

WASHINGTON, D.C.,--Karen Williams Morse, president of Western Washington University, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Her term will run from Jan. 24, 2000 to June 30, 2001.

President of Western Washington University since 1993, Morse has been a leader and member of many higher-education committees, councils, and organizations. She chaired the Policy and Purposes Committee of the Association of State Colleges and Universities and serves as its Washington State representative.

CHEA serves as the nexus among the higher-education community, federal and state governments, and accrediting organizations on all issues about quality assurance and responding to public concerns about institutions and programs.

Enrollment Service Administrators Named At Auburn University

MONTGOMERY, Ala.--George Hill and Michele Moore have been named director and associate director of the Auburn University Montgomery Office of Enrollment Services. Hill continues to serve as registrar.