The 19-member Special Committee on the Nomination of a President held its inaugural meeting Monday and its first public forums on Tuesday to begin what committee member and former rector Gordon F. Rainey Jr. said “might well be the most important thing a lot of us have done in our lives.”
The committee agreed that the extraordinary leadership provided by University President John T. Casteen III over the last 20 years has positioned the University to attract an incredibly strong and broad-based candidate pool. Casteen will retire on Aug. 1, 2010.
In fact, R. William Funk, the University’s consultant and a veteran of more than 300 presidential searches, told the committee that U.Va.‘s search “has created more excitement and interest among higher education leaders than any in the last five years.” The firm has been involved in presidential searches for 30 of the Association of American Universities’ 62 members.
“People understand how important your institution is to this country,” Funk said. “As we move through this process you will have the opportunity to consider some of the very best candidates in the nation.”
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