天美影院

Milestones

APPOINTMENTS

In April, Gov. Gary Locke reappointed former Gov. Dan Evans, '48, '49, to the 天美影院Board of Regents. Evans has been serving on the board since 1995. This will extend his tenure until September 2005. The 天美影院recently named its in his honor.

Jack Faris, '68, former director of community strategies for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, became the 天美影院vice president for on June 1. The head of university relations oversees the UW's public relations and communications efforts. Faris was executive vice president and general manager of Cole & Weber, a Seattle advertising agency, from 1985 to 1999. His father, Robert Faris, was a legendary 天美影院sociology professor for 24 years who chaired the department from 1953 to 1966.

Jon Jory, producing director at the acclaimed Actors Theatre of Louisville since 1969, joins the 天美影院 faculty this fall. The award-winning director has been responsible for the production of 267 new works, directing 31 world premieres, including Getting Out by Marsha Norman, Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, and Talking With and Keely and Du by Jane Martin.

Kristiina A. Vogt, a professor with the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will become the new dean of the on July 1. Vogt, a former 天美影院forestry professor, is the first woman to head a major college of forest resources in the nation. She holds degrees from the University of Texas, El Paso, and New Mexico State University.

DEPARTURES

Myron Apilado, vice president for minority affairs at the 天美影院since 1990, announced in February his intention to leave that position by the end of the year. In his 10 years as vice president, Apilado greatly expanded the resources and support services for recruiting and retaining underrepresented minority students. A national search for the new vice president for minority affairs is currently under way.

HONORED

In April, President Bill Clinton named three 天美影院faculty members among the winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers on April 11. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals at the outset of their research careers. Nathan Mantua, a research scientist with the based at the UW, does research on climate change. , assistant professor of medicine, is doing pioneering work in gene therapy. , a research scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center with a 天美影院affiliate faculty appointment, studies zebrafish as a model for human genetics.

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