UCSC Chief Named UC Provost

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood was appointed provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, the second-highest post in the UC system, during a special meeting of the UC Regents last month. She is the first woman ever appointed to this position.

"M.R.C. Greenwood possesses tremendous energy, academic accomplishment, and administrative skill. She brings the perfect credentials to this position," said UC President Robert C. Dynes.

Greenwood, an internationally recognized expert in genetics and nutrition and a national leader in science and higher education policy, has served as chancellor of UC Santa Cruz since 1996. She will assume her new post on April 1.

"I dearly love the Santa Cruz campus, and I had not planned on leaving it so soon," said Greenwood. "But President Dynes is a very persuasive man, and he convinced me that I can better serve the University in this new role."

As provost, Greenwood will become the highest-ranking woman holding a systemwide post at the University of California.

She will oversee academic planning, research and academic policies for the 10 campuses. Other units under her supervision will include the Continuing Education of the Bar, Education Abroad Program, educational outreach, UC Press, UC Extension, and the Washington, D.C., Center.

She will be paid $380,000 a year. The salary falls between the averages paid to provosts of comparable public and private institutions.

Greenwood, 60, replaces C. Judson King as provost. King is retiring after eight years in the position and returns to UC Berkeley to become director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education.

After reviewing a group of about 60 exceptional candidates, a committee comprised of Regents, chancellors, and faculty advised Dynes in making his selection.