Duke University Year In Review 2004/05

Catherine Lynch Gilliss succeeded Mary Champagne as dean of the School of Nursing, with the added title of vice chancellor for nursing affairs in the Duke University Health System, effective October 1, 2004. Dean Gilliss (Nursing '71) came to Duke from Yale University, where she had been a professor and dean.

Deborah Jakubs, director of collections services for Duke University's Perkins System Libraries, was selected to become the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and vice provost for library affairs on January 4, 2005. She succeeded David S. Ferriero, who in September 2004 became the Andrew W. Mellon Director and chief executive of the research libraries at the New York Public Library.

Bruce Kuniholm, director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and chair of the Department of Public Policy Studies Bruce Kuniholm, a professor of public policy studies and history, became director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and chair of the Department of Public Policy Studies on July 1, 2005. He succeeded Bruce Jentleson, who announced in February that he was stepping down as director (remaining a member of the Duke faculty).

Ellen Medearis, executive director of university development Ellen Medearis, former director of leadership and major gifts, became executive director of university development on October 4, 2004, succeeding Robert Shepard in the responsibility he carried during The Campaign for Duke.

Benjamin D. Reese Jr., vice president for institutional equity Benjamin D. Reese Jr., who was serving as Duke University's vice president for institutional equity on an interim basis, was selected in January 2005 by President Richard H. Brodhead to remain as the institution's leader of efforts to promote diversity and foster equal opportunity within both the university and the health system.

Kimerly Rorschach, inaugural director of the Nasher Museum of Art, started on July 1, 2004. She came to Duke from the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. The Nasher, which opened in October 2005, is a new cornerstone in Duke's commitment to support the arts on campus and in the Raleigh-Durham community.

Robert S. Shepard, vice president for alumni affairs On July 1, 2004, Robert S. Shepard took over as vice president for alumni affairs and development. Shepard succeeded John Piva, who had served as Duke's senior development officer since 1982 and led the highly successful $297 million Campaign for Duke.

The Rev. Canon Dr. Samuel Wells, Priest-in-Charge of St. Mark's Church in Cambridge, England, was named dean of Duke Chapel in March 2005. Wells succeeded the Rev. William H. Willimon, who stepped down in August 2004 to assume leadership of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church as a newly elected bishop.

Sterly Wilder, executive director of alumni affairs Sterly Wilder T'83 became the new executive director of alumni affairs on January 1, 2005, when Laney Funderburk retired after serving more than two decades as the leader of Duke's alumni programs.

David Gergen, new Board of Trustees member Gergen Kathryn A. Laidlaw, new Board of Trustees member Laidlaw William P. Miller, new Board of Trustees member MillerThree new members of the Duke University Board of Trustees began their terms on July 1, 2004: David Gergen, of Cambridge MA, professor of public service at Harvard University and director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and editor-at-large at U.S.News & World Report; Kathryn A. Laidlaw T' 04 of Katy, Texas, a young trustee; and William P. Miller T' 77 of Greensboro, NC, president of the Duke Alumni Association.