It is with regret and sadness that I am writing to inform you of the resignation of President Edward M. Hundert from Case Western Reserve University, effective September 1, 2006. You may have already received word of President Hundert's resignation, but I wanted to contact you personally to ensure that you are well-informed about the reasons for his decision and to provide additional information from the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Frank N. Linsalata,'63, regarding the future of your University.

Over the course of the last few weeks, news about Case Western Reserve University has had a prominent place in Cleveland area media. There has been extensive newspaper, television and radio coverage of a number of issues at the University. As President Hundert noted in his letter to the campus, these issues provided a platform for increased discussion on the campus leading him to conclude that the current environment was simply too distracting to advancing the University.

President Hundert has provided the campus with a strong vision geared to great accomplishments and ambitious endeavors. Thanks to his leadership the University has made great strides, including the formation of the Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University!

It is my hope that you will continue to be supportive and will remain involved in your alma mater so that together we can celebrate the past and embrace our promising future.

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Kind regards,

Lara A. Kalafatis
Vice President, University Relations

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Eastwood, an alumnus of our School of Medicine and a member of the Board of Trustees, has been president of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. Eastwood’s term as interim president begins on June 2. For more information go to: http://blog.case.edu/casepoint.

"It has been a great honor to serve Case Western Reserve University. I look forward to dedicating my energies to the development of cognitive science as a transdisciplinary field at Case and in University Circle," said Dean Turner.

During his 27 months as dean, Turner, who will remain at Case as a tenured Institute Professor, moved the university forward by implementing SAGES (the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship) from a pilot program of 150 new students each year to the educational curriculum for all undergraduates.

He also gave the SAGES program greater visibility on campus with the opening last fall of the new SAGES headquarters on the quad level of Crawford Hall. The new home of SAGES uniquely combines educational resources and administrative offices with a gathering place—the SAGES Café where social and intellectual conversations among students and faculty take place on a daily basis.

During Turner's deanship, he began building a diverse faculty for the College of Arts and Sciences by using videoconferencing technology to link the college with potential faculty members around the world. Thirty-three faculty members were hired into the tenure track, 19 of them women. Turner has brought to Case eminent scholars such as Charles Burroughs, chair of the department of art history; Per Aage Brandt, chair of the department of modern languages and literatures; and Merlin Donald, chair of cognitive sciences.

Provost Anderson will call a special meeting of the College of Arts and Science executive committee faculty to discuss their recommendations for the search team and potential interim candidates. "Faculty input will be very important to this process. We will also solicit input from alumni, staff and our community. We appreciate the service and contributions Dean Turner has made to this University" said Provost Anderson.

About Mark Turner
Mark Turner joined Case after serving as the associate director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, located at Stanford University. He was on leave from his position as a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland, where he served in the department of English language and literature and the doctoral program in neuroscience and cognitive science.

During his career, he has been a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the Institute for Advanced Study (School of Social Sciences) at Princeton, in addition to having been elected a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences twice. He is a laureate of the Académie française.

His newly edited volume, The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity, will be published by Oxford University Press in October, 2006.

The dean of undergraduate studies is responsible for the academic advising, activities, progress and performance of undergraduate students. The dean also represents the faculties in communicating, implementing and enforcing academic standards and policies governing undergraduates. In addition, the dean assists students in the realization of their goals by providing information on educational opportunities, special programs and scholarships available at Case and elsewhere.

At Case, Wolcowitz also will hold the title of adjunct professor of economics.

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Interim President Gregory L. Eastwood, working with Provost and University Vice President, John Anderson, solicited recommendations from the College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee, chaired by John Ruhl, Professor of Physics and Astronomy. "I was pleased to receive from the Executive Committee the recommendation that we consider Dr. Taylor for this important role. He has consistently shown his great value to the university as a scholar, a researcher and an administrator," Anderson said.

"My tenure as a faculty member at the college provides me with a good sense of our history and a working knowledge of the important issues that face not only Arts and Sciences, but the university as a whole," Taylor said. "I look forward to working collegially with the college's faculty and with the university's senior administrators."

Taylor's university service as an administrator began soon after he arrived on campus in 1988. He served as chair of the Undergraduate Admissions Committee from 1989 to 1995. He has been a member of the Faculty Senate, and served as Chair of the Senate's Budget Committee. He was a member of the SAGES Implementation Task Force. Taylor chaired the search committee that nominated Mark Turner for the college's deanship. "I very much appreciate the work that Mark Turner has done and the way he has positioned the college. I look forward to building on that reputation" said Taylor.

As a physicist and researcher, Taylor is the author of more than sixty scientific papers with scholarship in the areas of theoretical and experimental high energy physics. He is a leader in creating new programs aimed at empowering scientists as entrepreneurs and serves as the Director of the Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP). Thanks to his innovative work in scientific entrepreneurship, Taylor was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was awarded the prestigious 2003 Price Institute Innovative Entrepreneurship Educators Award for "pioneering the innovative Physics Entrepreneurship Program."

Taylor wants to meet with faculty, alumni, friends and other members of the university community during his service as interim dean. He is most keen, though, on greeting new students. "The college has a wonderful incoming class this year, I am looking forward to meeting all of our students," said Taylor.

Dean since 2001, Savinell, the George S. Dively Professor of Engineering, will remain on campus during the spring 2007 semester to aid in the school's transition to a new dean. He will then be on sabbatical during the 2007-2008 academic year, returning to the full-time faculty for the fall 2008 semester.

"I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the faculty and staff of the Case School of Engineering for their support and to commend them on six years of unprecedented success and accomplishment," Savinell said. "This collection of individuals has propelled the school and university to an even greater level of prominence. These are women and men who care about our students, who push the limits of science and engineering knowledge and who strive to grow to ever higher levels of wisdom. I was privileged to serve as their leader for the past six years and will look forward to continuing my association with them as a member of the faculty."

Provost and University Vice President John L. Anderson will call a special meeting of the Case School of Engineering executive committee faculty to discuss their recommendations for a search team and potential candidates.

"Dean Savinell has met the goals he set out to accomplish as dean. He leaves the School of Engineering positioned for a new leader who can take on the next set of challenges," Anderson said.

In addition to successes in fundraising and research, Savinell was instrumental in the university's new relationship with the Case Alumni Association, which will improve alumni engagement and giving. He also guided the school through its recent 125th anniversary celebration.

Accomplishments at the Case School of Engineering during Savinell's deanship include:

*Research awards more than doubled to a record high of $60 million;
*Research expenditures increased to a record high of $41.7 million;
*Attracted major multidisciplinary and multimillion dollar awards in research from NASA and the State of Ohio (Biomedical Research Technology Transfer, Wright Fuel Cell Group, etc.);
*Secured first State of Ohio investments to a private university for Ohio Eminent Scholars;
*Number of incoming freshmen soared 30 percent to more than 416 in the fall of 2006;
*Undergraduate programs requesting American Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology review all earned maximum six-year accreditation;
*Average starting salaries of graduates surpass the national average in every single engineering discipline;
*National rankings hold steadfast amid the "Top 50" national doctoral research universities;
*SAGES program adopted throughout engineering;
*Faculty gender diversity improves from a fraction of the national average to exceeding it;
*Experiential learning opportunities—such as co-op and international programs—have become standard among the majority of undergraduates;
Co-op program becomes one of the nation's first accredited programs; and
*Development program rebuilt and achieved record fund-raising result of more than $14.3 million in FY2006.

About Robert F. Savinell
Savinell's accomplishments include over 110 publications, 10 patents and numerous professional meeting presentations. His total research funding over the past 12 years is estimated to be more than $28 million. His largest single grant is from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and was $8.3 million over five years.

His research involves the study and simulation of electrochemical processes and novel electrochemical devices for sensing and energy conversion. He is noted for his contributions in applied electrochemistry, with a continuing emphasis on fuel cells and batteries.

A registered professional engineer in Ohio, Savinell has served as divisional editor for the Journal of Electrochemical Society and North American editor for the Journal of Applied Electrochemistry and has been a member of the Electrochemical Society board of directors, vice president of the International Society of Electrochemistry and chair of the Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells at Roger William University. He is currently a member of the Cleveland Engineering Society board of directors, a member of the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition board of directors and chair of the Wright Fuel Cell Group board of directors.

His honors include being named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a fellow of the Electrochemical Society and a presidential young investigator of the National Science Foundation.

After receiving a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cleveland State University, Savinell earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. After three years in industry and seven years on the engineering faculty at the University of Akron, Savinell joined the Case faculty in 1986. Promoted to professor of chemical engineering in 1989, he served from 1991 to 2000 as director of the Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences. From 1998 to 2000, he served as the school's associate dean for research and technology transfer.

"I was attracted to Weatherhead and Case Western Reserve University for its great potential, its faculty and its programs. I am confident that my successor will be able to continue to move the school forward," Roomkin said.

During Roomkin's deanship, the Weatherhead School has seen an increase in the number of management students enrolled at all levels. Undergraduate management majors increased from 400 in 2003 to 481 in 2005, students in various master's degree programs in management rose from 138 in 2003 to 185 in 2005 and students in the executive doctor of management program increased from 52 in 2003 to 65 in 2005.

Roomkin also initiated the concept of "schools within the school," bringing together multidisciplinary viewpoints to broaden research, teaching and service across departmental lines to address challenging issues in management and business. The four schools within the Weatherhead School include Business as an Agent of World Benefit, Global Business Studies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Health and Bioscience.

As dean, Roomkin also helped Weatherhead attract an upcoming, international three-day forum. From October 23–25, the university will host "Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change," which will unite the efforts of the UN Global Compact, the Academy of Management and Case's Weatherhead School of Management. During this forum, more than 400 leading business executives and management scholars from around the world will explore ways in which business can be a force in eradicating poverty, enhancing the environment and advancing peace—while still prospering financially.

Over the next few weeks, Case Provost and University Vice President John L. Anderson will work with a committee of Weatherhead faculty members to appoint an interim dean and to conduct a national search for a new leader for the school.

"Dean Roomkin managed the school through a challenging financial period, and we are grateful for his leadership," Anderson said.

About Myron J. Roomkin
Before joining Case, Roomkin served as dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University. Prior to his tenure at American University, he rose through the ranks of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University from 1976–1998, where he built an international reputation as a leader in business-management school education.

During his career in business education, Roomkin's research focus has been in the areas of human resources and human resource management and employment trends of managerial and professional employees. He is the founder of the Kellogg-Deloitte & Touche LLP Annual Survey of Human Resources Management. He is a member of the Kauffman Foundation on Entrepreneurship Curriculum Education and Board member of the Graduate Management Admissions Council. Roomkin will continue to serve on the board of Magnet, an organization focused on the revitalization of manufacturing in Northeast Ohio.

A prolific writer, Roomkin is the author of four books—Gainsharing and Profit Sharing, Managers as Employees: An International Comparison of the Changing Character of Managerial Employment, Human Resources and Organizational Performance and The Shrinking Perimeter: Unionism and Collective Bargaining in the Manufacturing Sector. He has written more than 70 papers for journals, reports and articles for government publications and working papers in the areas of industrial and employment relations and human resources.

Roomkin earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations and his master's and doctoral degrees in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin. He also has taught at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the Industrial Relations Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Reddy's appointment comes with the strong support of Weatherhead's faculty.

"I am thrilled to take on the new role with a faculty and staff that has a long and cherished tradition of innovation," Reddy said.

Reddy succeeds Myron Roomkin, who was named dean and Albert J. Weatherhead, III Professor of Management at the Weatherhead School on November 1, 2004. Roomkin stepped down as dean August 1 to resume his faculty responsibilities in teaching and research in the department of management and policy studies at Weatherhead.

"We are excited that Professor Reddy has agreed to become interim dean at the Weatherhead School," said Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D. "His length of service at Case Western Reserve University and his experiences as a double alumnus will help provide continuity and steady leadership for the school."

Reddy joined Case in 1985. He received his Ph.D. and MBA degrees in 1985 and 1977, respectively, from Case and his BSEE in 1975 from Mysore University.

Reddy has done research in the areas of industrial marketing and technology development and diffusion and has been the recipient of the teaching excellence award at Weatherhead five times (in 1985-'86, 1988-'89, 1995-'96, 1997-'98 and 2003-'04).

He also received the David Bowers' Alumni Service Award in 2001 and the Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Award in 2003.

Reddy has worked primarily in the electronics, materials and semi-conductor industries with the International Standards Organization, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, European Standards Organization and a wide range of industrial firms in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Reddy serves as a director of Brush Engineered Materials, Keithley Instruments, Smith Industries and Weatherhead Industries.

Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D.
Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has announced he will step down as dean September 15 to accept a position at Stanford University.

Dean and vice president for medical affairs at Case—as well as the first director of the Case Research Institute—since April 1, 2003, Horwitz will remain on faculty at the School of Medicine until December 1, 2006, at which time he will assume the position of Arthur Bloomfield Professor and chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University.

"During the past three and a half years, it has been my privilege to serve as the steward of one of America's great medical schools," Horwitz said. "I owe a deep debt of gratitude to a superb faculty that has created internationally acclaimed programs of research and education, to our students who express their confidence in our medical school each year when they elect to attend Case School of Medicine and to a dedicated staff."

Over the next few weeks, Interim President Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., will work with members of the medical school faculty to discuss the appointment of an interim dean.

"I have a great deal of respect for Dr. Horwitz and for what he has provided during his tenure at the school and have very much enjoyed working with him during the short time I have been at Case Western Reserve University," Eastwood said. "As an alumnus of the medical school, I have a great interest in the school's leadership and its faculty."

Under Horwitz's leadership, the School of Medicine has attracted new faculty; restored facilities and is building school-wide infrastructure; launched the Western Reserve 2 curriculum, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case and began the visioning process for the West Quad BioMedical campus project; crafted a new affiliation with University Hospitals of Cleveland and created a Case Medical Center; and bolstered partnerships between the school and all major health-care providers in Northeast Ohio.

Dr. Horwitz sent a letter to the School of Medicine faculty and staff today. Read his full message here.

About Ralph Horwitz
Before joining Case, Horwitz was the Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Yale University School of Medicine and chair of the department of internal medicine. He also served as co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and was chief of the Beeson Medical Service at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Horwitz received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, trained in internal medicine at McGill University and Massachusetts General Hospital and was a research fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale.

He is internationally known for his pioneering research that helped to establish the field of clinical investigation and outcomes research, for his distinguished leadership in reinvigorating the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale, for his innovative programs in the education of physicians and the training of physician scientists and for his visionary renewal of the social contract linking the practice of medicine to the civic responsibility of the profession of medicine.

Horwitz is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Epidemiology. He is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Association of American Physicians (AAP). He has served as chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of the Council of the AAP. He was recently named a member of the advisory committee of the director of the National Institutes of Health, a distinguished group that focuses on policy matters relating to bio¬medical research, medical science and biomedical communications.