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                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, June 12, 1996               TAG: 9606120019
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG
SOURCE: ALLISON BLAKE STAFF WRITER 

TECH DEAN SEARCH NARROWED DOWN TO 2

The deanship of the newly combined College of Human Resources and Education at Virginia Tech is down to two finalists - and one is the interim dean of the existing human resources college, Janet Johnson.

The other finalist is Charles McClintock, associate dean at Cornell University's College of Human Ecology. Just as Johnson has spent most of her career at Tech, McClintock has spent much of his at Cornell.

Tech provost Peggy Meszaros said the two candidates will be completing second interviews with various campus constituencies throughout the month.

"This is their time to come and ask questions," Meszaros said.

Johnson will meet Monday with faculty and staff at Wallace Hall Atrium from 10:30 to 11:30. Meszaros is finalizing details of McClintock's scheduled visit from June 22 to 25.

A committee, which Meszaros stressed was "a search committee, not a selection committee," narrowed the field of candidates to four, all of whom were interviewed last month. The committee then passed its assessment of each candidate's strengths and weaknesses to Meszaros. She said she expects to name a new dean by July 1.

The two colleges were merged on paper this past semester, but substantial work by faculty and administrators remains before the newly constituted college is complete. Asked if the new college would be best served by an internal or external candidate, Meszaros said, "I think either could work. I don't see an internal or external [candidate] as either an advantage or disadvantage. I'm looking more for who has the commitment and who will build the leadership team to make this happen."

Johnson came to Tech in 1976 as a part-time assistant professor in the Department of Human Nutrition and Foods, and has held such posts as acting associate provost for research. She earned both of her graduate degrees at Cornell University.

McClintock, who has spent most of his 25-year career at Cornell, started as an instructor at the State University of New York in Buffalo. He spent 1982 as a visiting associate professor at Stanford University's School of Education.

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