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For Immediate Release:

October 4, 2000

Contact: David Iha - Board of Regents Office - 956-8213

Jim Manke - University and Community Relations - 956-6106

Members Appointed to Advisory Committee to Review Applications for UH Presidency

University of Hawai`i Regents Chair Lily K. Yao today named members of the Advisory Committee on the Selection of the President. Their charge is to assist the board in selecting a successor to UH president Kenneth P. Mortimer, who earlier this year announced that he will leave the presidency at the end of June 2001.

The seventeen members represent a broad cross section of university and community interests. As announced previously, the committee will review all applications for the president's position, create a non-ranked list of no fewer than five (5) semi-finalist candidates, and then submit a recommendation to the board for final review and consideration.

"I was careful to select individuals for this important job who not only represent the various constituencies of the university, but who also have demonstrated a sincere commitment to the institution," said Board Chair Lily K. Yao.

"All of the committee members have demonstrated leadership and experience in their fields of expertise," she added. "I believe that the balance in committee membership will bring forth the most qualified candidate for the job."

Regents approved a job description for the presidency at their meeting in September. It is hoped that a successor president will be selected during the spring semester 2001 to facilitate a smooth transition to new leadership over the summer.

Committee members include four regents (one of whom is a student), two additional students, three faculty members, three UH administrators and five individuals representing the community-at-large.

"I'm very pleased that we had broad participation in this process," Regent Yao said. "Nominations came from faculty senates, student organizations, administrators and the public. I am grateful that these seventeen have agreed to serve, and I am confident that they will approach this assignment with an appropriate sense of importance."

[Advisory Committee list follows.]

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I

Board of Regents

Members, Advisory Committee

on the Selection of the President of the University of Hawai'i

September 2000

Mr. Allan K. Ikawa

Vice Chairperson, Board of Regents

Chairperson, Advisory Committee

Mr. Sat Khalsa

Member, Board of Regents

Mr. Bert A. Kobayashi

Member, Board of Regents

Mr. Nainoa Thompson

Member, Board of Regents

Mr. Barry John Baker

Professor, Architecture, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Chair, Manoa Faculty Senate

- representing faculty, UH-Ma noa

Ms. Barbara Ross-Pfeiffer

Assistant Professor, Economics, Kapi'olani Community College

Co-convener, Council of Community College Faculty Senate Chairs

- representing faculty, Community Colleges

Dr. Daniel B. Boylan

Professor, History, University of Hawai'i at West O'ahu

- representing faculty, UH-Hilo/UH-West O'ahu

Mr. Christopher J. Gamier

Undergraduate Student, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

President, Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

- representing students, UH-Manoa, UH-Hilo and UH-West O'ahu

Ms. Bemadine K.Y.L. Enriques

Student, Kaua'i Community College

Secretary, Associated Students of Kaua'i Community College

- representing students, Community Colleges

Dr. Willa Tanabe

Dean, School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies, UH-Manoa

- representing Dean/Director, UH-Manoa

Ms. Sandra Sakaguchi

Provost, Hawai'i Community College

- representing Provosts, Community Colleges

Mr. James Kimo Yamaguchi, Jr.

Residential Life Coordinator, Student Housing Services, UH-Manoa

- representing University of Hawai'i Administrative Support Staff

Mr. Walter A. Dods, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Hawaiian Bank