The state Board of Regents has appointed a 21-member committee to search for the next president of the University of Georgia.
Michael Adams, who has been president since 1997, will step down next June. He plans to return to teaching and become a member of the UGA faculty.
Regent Larry Walker will chair the committee, which includes six other regents.
Other committee members are:
-- Will Burgess, president of the UGA Student Government Association
-- K. Paige Carmichael, associate dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
-- Chris Cummiskey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development
-- Jerry Daniel, president of the UGA Staff Council
-- Alan Darvill, director of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
-- W. Dennis Epps, deputy director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government
-- John C. Inscoe, history professor
-- Judge Steve Jones, president of the UGA Alumni Association
-- Denise A. Spangler, department head of mathematics and science education in the College of Education
-- Steve Stice, director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center
-- Robert Sumichrast, dean of Terry College of Business
-- Larry Thompson, law professor
-- Rogers Wade, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and a member of the UGA Agricultural Engineering Advisory Board
-- William D. Young Jr., chairman of the University of Georgia Foundation
The first meeting is scheduled for July 24 in Athens.
The firm R. William Funk and Associates of Dallas will consult on the search.
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