Meeting Minutes 

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PRESENT: Alatis, Andrews, Arend, Banchoff, Bates, D. Betz, P. Betz, Cole, Douglas Brown, Diamond,  Goldfrank, Iglarsh, Martire, McAuliffe, McCabe, McFadden,S.J., Moran Cruz, A. Myers, Noyes, O’Connor, Rameh, Ronkainen, Sitterson, Soudee, Temple, Tracy, Viksnins, Vroman, Walsh, Witek

ABSENT: Angel, Areen, Breall, Byrne, Dorothy Brown, Cohn, Collea, Curran, Danielson, Davis, DeGioia, Ernst, Evans, Fasold, Fink, Gallucci, Gerli, Glazer, Glavin, Haft, Haramati, Harter, Hauser, Kromer, Lauerman, Lepgold, McGrail, Morris, Mujal-Leon, Nelson, Oakley, O’Donnell, Pfeiffer, Picken, Puto, Regan, Rothstein, Sanz, Serene, Spiegel, Weidenbruch, Whittington, Wiesel, Zuccarelli.

GUESTS: Carolyn Rabinowitz, Ryan Michaels (The Georgetown Voice)
 

The meeting was called to order at 5:25 p.m. by Prof. Bates. 

This special meeting was called to discuss the search process for a new University President, and to appoint faculty to the search committee.  The Senate was asked by the Board Chairman Jack Kennedy to move quickly in making those appointments.  Senate officers met this morning with Board members Edmond Villani and Hans Ziegler to discuss the attributes desirable in a new University President.  The search committee will be composed of approximately 17 people, including at least 6 faculty, probably two from each campus.

At a Senate Steering Committee meeting, Prof. Bates was asked to contact the Board to request three Senate appointments, one from each campus.

There was some discussion that any search committee for senior academic administrators should have a majority or even 2/3 faculty.  It was moved that 

The sense of the Senate is that 2/3 of such search committees should be faculty, half appointed by the Senate.

This was seconded.  Prof. Martire felt that it was more likely to be agreed to that one half of such committees should be faculty.  The motion was amended to

The sense of the Senate is that one half of such search committees should be faculty, half appointed by the Senate.

The motion passed unanimously, as amended. 

The Senate Steering Committee had previously forwarded Professors Bates and Lumpkin as nominees for the Senate to consider; Prof. Diamond was selected as the third Senate nominee, if the third appointee is granted.  Those three names were moved, seconded and approved, with two in opposition and two abstentions.

A list of additional suggestions for the Presidential search committee was also considered.  Further names were added from the floor.  Thirteen names were approved as suggestions from the Main Campus faculty, with one opposed and 7 abstaining. The 13 faculty are:  Anthony Arend, Deborah A. Lesko Baker, James Collins, Susan M. Collins, Wayne A. Davis, Kim F. Hall, John P. Langan,S.J., William C. McFadden,S.J., James Reardon-Anderson, Pietra Rivoli, Nancy Sherman, James F. Slevin, and Lisa Zucarelli.

Five Law School faculty were unanimously approved as suggested Search Committee members. They are Sherman L. Cohn, Steve Goldberg, Patricia King, Wallace Mlyniec, and Wendy C. Perdue.  Eight Medical Center faculty were also approved, with two abstaining and one against. They are Michael Cole, Aviad Haramati, Donald Massaro, Adam K. Myers, John Richert, Carolyn Robinowitz, Sarah Speigel, and Jean Wrathall.

The suggestion was made that a discussion of the desirability of having a Jesuit President be placed on the agenda of a future Senate meeting or a town meeting sponsored by the Senate.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

AKM/jhg

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