Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Richard Lariviere, the executive vice chancellor and provost at the University, has been named as the finalist for the position of president at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Officials representing the Oregon University System, which ran the selection committee for the position, confirmed Monday afternoon that Lariviere would be appointed to Oregon’s highest position “pending a visit” to the university beginning March 10. If appointed, he would assume his new role July 1.
Lariviere said he had been contacted by Oregon’s search committee several months ago and decided “it was the wise thing to take it” because “the opportunity to lead one of America’s leading research and academic institutions doesn’t come every day.”
With Chancellor Robert Hemenway stepping down at the end of the school year, Monday’s announcement means the University could be left with openings in its two highest-ranking administration positions until September, leaving the six vice provosts to bear more of the weight of running the University, officials said.
“The campus is going to continue to run fine,” Don Steeples, senior vice provost for scholarly support, said. “Obviously, once they do select someone, though, it’ll take him or her a while to get his or her feet on the ground.”
Steeples said Monday’s announcement wasn’t surprising to University officials.
“He didn’t make any secret of the fact he wanted to be president of a university, either here or somewhere else,” Steeples said. “Somewhere else got him first.”
Susan Weeks, vice chancellor of the Oregon University System, said a search firm suggested Lariviere to the 25-member search committee. Weeks said the process began in July and that Lariviere satisfied the numerous qualifications the committee looked for in a candidate.
“If you were to put it all in a list, it would look like the person would have to be able to walk on water,” Weeks said.
Lariviere has been vice chancellor and provost at Kansas since 2006. He would be replacing Dave Frohnmayer, Oregon’s president for the past 15 years.
Lariviere said he was looking forward to visiting Oregon and meeting with faculty and students there and that the University’s “warm and welcoming” faculty would be what he missed the most about his current position.
Check tomorrow’s Kansan and Kansan.com for continuing coverage.
— — Edited by Casey Miles
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