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1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite
350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Mary Morgan
615-366-4414
University of
Memphis Presidential Search Committee
to Review Approved Candidate Selection Process
Meeting Set for
November 2—Campus Interviews with
Candidates to Be
Rescheduled
Nashville,
Tennessee, October 20, 2000—Chancellor
Charles Manning of the Tennessee Board of Regents today announced that the
search committee for a new president of the University of Memphis will meet
November 2 to review the process it unanimously approved in July for selection
of finalists. That process called
for the search firm Heidrick and Struggles to bring back to the committee the
names of four finalists for consideration.
Heidrick and Struggles presented those names last week.
Since that time, issues have been raised about the selection process by
some faculty, staff and students at the University of Memphis, as well as by
some state legislators. “In
response to those concerns,” said Chancellor Manning, “I think it is only
appropriate to reschedule the campus interviews and reconvene the committee to
see whether the members wish to change the process and criteria they previously
adopted. In the interim, I will be
meeting personally with faculty, staff and students at the University of Memphis
to discuss their concerns.”
On-campus
interviews with the four finalists were being scheduled for November 1 and 2 but
will be rescheduled following the resolution of the process issues. The search committee is chaired by Board of Regents member
Jack Fishman and includes representatives from a wide variety of University of
Memphis constituencies, including faculty and students.
The
four candidates recommended by Heidrick and Struggles are Ralph Faudree, interim
University of Memphis president, Oliver G. McGee, III, U.S. deputy assistant
secretary for transportation policy with the U.S. Department of Transportation,
John D. Morgan, vice president of university advancement for the University of
Alabama at Huntsville and Louis V. Paradise, executive vice chancellor and
provost of the University of New Orleans.
The
time and place for the search committee’s November 2 meeting will be announced
next week. The meeting will be open
to the public.
The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing body for the University of Memphis and for five other state universities, 13 two-year colleges and 26 technology centers.
