Comings and goings

New England Journal of Higher Education, The, Summer 2002

Former University of Florida President John V. Lombardi was named chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ... Ann Weaver Hart, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Graduate University in California, became president of the University of New Hampshire, replacing Joan Leitzel, who retired after six years in charge.

... William Farrell, former chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire and former president of Plymouth State College, was named president of Rivier College, replacing Sr. Lucille Thibodeau, who retired. Farrell is the first male and first lay person to head the nearly 70-year-old college. ... Mary C. Clancy, Canada's former consul general to New England, became president of Burlington College, succeeding Daniel Casey, who retired. ... Brian M. Barefoot, a former executive at PaineWebber and Merrill Lynch, became president of Babson College. Barefoot is the first graduate of the college to serve as president. ... James 0. Ortiz, former vice president of academic and student affairs at Bunker Hill Community College, became president of Southern Maine Technical College, replacing Wayne Ross, who retired after 23 years. ... Timothy D. Crowley became president of Northern Maine Technical College after serving 11 years as academic dean. ... Amherst College President Tom Gerety announced he would resign in June 2003 after nine years on the job. ... Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo was appointed director of Yale University's Center for the Study of Globalization. ... Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman was named director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics. ... Evelyn Hu-DeHart, former chair of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, became director of Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.