University students received an email Wednesday morning with a list of the students, staff, faculty and community members charged with selecting the replacement for the University’s 16th president, Richard Lariviere. Lariviere was terminated by the Oregon University System effective Dec. 28, 2011, and since then, the title of interim president has been held by Robert Berdahl.
The hope is to have a new candidate selected for the position before the 2012-13 academic year.
This was the list emailed to students:

“Search Committee members will include the following representatives from UO’s many constituent groups, including:
Miriam Abelson, UO graduate student in Women’s and Gender Studies;
Maneesh Arora, UO undergraduate student in Environmental Studies;
Miriam Bolton, UO executive assistant, Lundquist College of Business;
Frances Bronet, UO dean, School of Architecture & Allied Arts;
Eric Clark, UO libraries’ student coordinator and assistant to unit manager;
Ben Eckstein, undergraduate student in Planning and Public Policy Management, and president of Associated Students of the UO;
Allyn Ford, search chair, and president of Roseburg Forest Products;
Dan Giustina, managing partner, Giustina Resources;
Michael Hames-Garcia, UO professor of Ethnic Studies;
Robin Holmes, UO vice president for Student Affairs;
Gregg Kantor, CEO, Northwest Natural Gas Company;
Robert Kyr, Phillip H. Knight professor, UO School of Music and Dance;
Anne Marie Levis, president, UO Alumni Association, and president & creative director, Funk/Levis & Associates;
Gwen Lillis, chair, The Lillis Foundation;
Ed Maletis, UO Foundation member;
Alec Murphy, UO professor of Geography;
Margie Paris, UO professor of Law;
Preston Pulliams, president, Portland Community College;
Geraldine Richmond, UO professor of Chemistry;
Kim Sheehan, professor of Journalism;
and Mary Spilde, president, Lane Community College.”