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UMass names presidential search committee

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By Globe Staff

The University of Massachusetts today announced the members of the seach committee to pick a successor to UMass President Jack M. Wilson, who said earlier this month that he will step down in June 2011.

The committee will be headed by James J. Karam, vice chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees. Trustee Henry M. Thomas III will be vice chairman of the search committee.

UMass expects to select a new president before Wilson leaves. Click here for a previous Globe story on the buzz about possible replacements.

Here is the rest of the 23-member committee:

Michael Carter, professor and chair, economics, UMass Lowell, faculty representative to the Board of Trustees

Mari Castaneda, distinguished professor, Department of Communications, UMass Amherst

Edward W. Collins, Jr., international representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, UMass trustee

Edward H. D’Alelio, UMB ‘74, retired managing director and CIO, fixed income, Putnam Investments, and chairman, University of Massachusetts Foundation Investment Committee

John A. DiBiaggio, past president, Tufts University, Michigan State University, and University of Connecticut; UMass trustee

Maria D. Furman, UMD ‘76, retired managing director and bond portfolio manager of Standish Mellon Asset Management; UMass trustee

Robyn Hannigan, professor and chair, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, UMass Boston

Charles J. Hoff, UML ‘66, retired chairman, CEO and owner, Universal/Univis Inc.

Philip W. Johnston, UMA ’68, president, Philip W. Johnson Associates, UMass trustee

Laura King, student, UMD

Ruben J. King-Shaw Jr., chairman and CEO, Mansa Equity Partners Inc., vice chair, UMass Board of Trustees

Winston Langley, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, UMass Boston; professor of political science and international relations

Robert J. Manning, UML ‘84, CEO and CIO, MFS Investment Management; chair, UMass Board of Trustees

Craig C. Mello, Nobel laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, UMass Medical School

Kathy Miraglia, UMA ‘06, professor and chair, art education, UMass Dartmouth

Kerri E. Osterhaus-Houle, UMW ‘99, partner, Women’s Health of Central Mass, UMass trustee

S. Paul Reville, state secretary of education, UMass Trustee

Mark E. Russell, UML ‘83, UMA ‘85, vice president of engineering, technology and mission assurance, Raytheon Co.

Robert K. Sheridan, president and CEO, Savings Bank Life Insurance of Massachusetts, chairman, University of Massachusetts Building Authority

Stephen P. Tocco, president and CEO, ML Strategies, UMass Trustee

Marcellette G. Williams, senior vice president for acacemic affairs, student affairs and International Relations, UMass; former chancellor, UMass Amherst; professor of English and comparative literature, UMass Amherst