July 12, 2008
ATLANTA – Richard Tucker, chair of the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia (USG), announced Friday the appointment of the Georgia Institute of Technology Presidential Search Committee.
A national search will be conducted to replace Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough, who stepped down on June 30 to become the 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Clough served as Georgia Tech’s president since 1994.
Tucker announced the membership of the Search Committee, which will guide the first stage of the search. USG Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. and the Board of Regents are currently evaluating national higher education executive recruiters to aid in the search. Susan Herbst, USG executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer, will schedule an initial meeting within the coming weeks, at which time the members will be formally charged with their roles and responsibilities in conducting the search.
Members of the Presidential Search Committee are as follows:
Regent Willis Potts, committee chair
Regent Hugh Carter
Regent Mansfield Jennings
Regent Jim Jolly
Regent Don Leebern
Regent Elridge McMillan
Regent Ben Tarbutton
Regent Richard Tucker
Dr. Gisele Bennett, professor, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Dr. Thomas Boston, professor, School of Economics
Dr. Steven French, professor, College of Architecture
Dr. Don Giddens, Dean, College of Engineering
Dr. Gary May, professor, College of Engineering
Dr. Sandra Slaughter, professor, College of Management
Dr. Jeffrey Wu, professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mr. Herky Harris, Georgia Tech Foundation chair
Mr. Darryl Richard, MBA Student, Athlete, and Member of the Georgia Tech All-Academic Team
Mr. Joe Rogers, Waffle House
Mr. Bill Todd, Georgia Tech Alumni Association president
Mr. Chris Young, Georgia Department of Economic Development
