New names on senior leaders’ roster
BY KEVIN GARBEE
UCLA Today
UCLA recently announced a number of changes to its campus leadership.
Peter Blackman, vice chancellor for capital programs, has decided to retire in January 2007.
“Pete leaves an extraordinary mark on UCLA through the many projects that have transformed our campus during his service to UCLA,” said Chancellor Norman Abrams. Blackman’s responsibilities will be assumed by Vice Chancellor of Finance and Budget Steve Olsen, who will continue to serve as the campus’ chief financial officer.
Thomas Rice, professor and vice chair of the Department of Health Services at the School of Public Health and senior research scientist at the Center for Health Policy Research, has been appointed UCLA’s vice chancellor for academic personnel.
“I look forward to taking on this vitally important role,” said Rice, who has been at UCLA since 1991. Rice’s teaching and research have focused on health economics and current issues in health policy.
Timothy Stowell, a 25-year veteran of the linguistics faculty and a noted syntactician, has been named dean of the Division of Humanities in the College of Letters and Science. “Tim Stowell is an internationally recognized scholar and a superb administrator,” said Executive Dean Patricia O’Brien. “He will be a valuable addition to the leadership of the College.”
Stowell rose through the ranks to chair UCLA’s linguistics department, considered to be the top in its field. As a scholar, Stowell has distinguished himself in the branch of linguistics that explores how meaning is related to grammatical representation.
Kathryn Atchison has been appointed vice provost for intellectual property and industry relations. She has been on UCLA’s faculty since 1987 and has served as interim vice provost since January 2005.
“Kathryn’s leadership will help us promote the development of our intellectual property and enhance our ability to foster strategic partnerships with industry,” said Daniel Neuman, executive vice chancellor and provost.
As the leader of the Office of Intellectual Property, Atchison transformed it by improving communication with faculty, initiating a student internship program and moving industry contracting into the office to enable better service to industry.
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