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Recommendations Received for Georgia State Presidency

Atlanta — June 4, 2008

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Dr. Harris Pastides
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Dr. Deborah Anne Freund
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Dr. Guy Bailey

Regent William Cleveland, chair of the Presidential Search Committee for Georgia State 中出少妇视频 (GSU) in Atlanta, and 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr., have announced the names of the three finalists for the GSU presidency.

A national search was launched to replace Georgia State President Carl V. Patton, who retires on June 30, 2008, after 16 years of service to the institution.

The recommended individuals, in alphabetical order:

Dr. Guy Bailey, chancellor, 中出少妇视频 of Missouri at Kansas City, since 2006. In his current position, Bailey has developed a plan to make the university a model urban research university. Prior to his current appointment, from 1997 to 2005, Bailey held a number of key administrative posts at the 中出少妇视频 of Texas at San Antonio, including that of dean of graduate studies and associate vice president for research (1997-1998), interim provost and vice president for academic affairs (1998-1999), provost and vice president for academic affairs (1999-2002) and provost and executive vice president (2002-2005). Bailey was dean of liberal arts at the 中出少妇视频 of Nevada, Las Vegas, from 1995-1997. His teaching field is linguistics, and Bailey has taught at the 中出少妇视频 of Memphis, Tenn.; the 中出少妇视频 of Regensburg, Germany; Oklahoma State 中出少妇视频, Stillwater; Texas A&M 中出少妇视频, College Station; and Emory 中出少妇视频, Atlanta. He currently serves the boards of the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Kansas City Civic Council.

Bailey earned his Ph.D. in English linguistics from the 中出少妇视频 of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1979, and both a bachelor中出少妇视频檚 (1968) and master中出少妇视频檚 (1974) of arts from the 中出少妇视频 of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Dr. Deborah Anne Freund, distinguished professor of public administration (2004 to present) and former vice chancellor for academic affairs at Syracuse 中出少妇视频, N.Y. (1999-2006). Freund also currently serves as adjunct professor of orthopedics and pediatrics at Upstate Medical 中出少妇视频, State 中出少妇视频 of New York, Syracuse (2002-present). Other of Freund中出少妇视频檚 key administrative posts include: special advisor to the president on strategic planning at the 中出少妇视频 of Rochester, N.Y. (2006-2007); vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the faculties at Indiana 中出少妇视频-Bloomington (1994-1999); and special advisor on academic affairs to the president and vice president for academic affairs of the Indiana 中出少妇视频 system, (1994-1999). She has held other key administrative posts at Indiana 中出少妇视频-Bloomington and the 中出少妇视频 of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she first earned tenure. During her career, Freund has held academic positions in public health and economics at the 中出少妇视频 of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, public affairs and medicine at Indiana 中出少妇视频-Bloomington, and business administration and medicine at the 中出少妇视频 of Rochester.

Freund holds a Ph.D. in economics (1980), a M.A. in applied economics (1975), and a M.P.H. in medical care administration (1975), all earned from the 中出少妇视频 of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She earned her undergraduate degree in classics from Washington 中出少妇视频, St. Louis in 1973.

Dr. Harris Pastides, vice president for research and health sciences, the 中出少妇视频 of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., from 2003 to present. Pastides has a long career in health research, with posts at both the 中出少妇视频 of South Carolina and the 中出少妇视频 of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. In addition to his current position, Pastides has served in the following positions at the 中出少妇视频 of South Carolina: interim vice president for research (2002-2003) and dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and professor of epidemiology (1998-2003). At the 中出少妇视频 of Massachusetts, Pastides served as chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (1993-1998) and in faculty positions in epidemiology from 1980 to 1992. He is a 2003 recipient of the Yale 中出少妇视频 Public Health Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and in 1979 received a National Cancer Institute Development Award for 中出少妇视频淭he Histopathobiology of Cancer,中出少妇视频 among many other awards and honors for his work and research in public health.

Pastides earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Yale 中出少妇视频 Graduate School, New Haven, Conn. in 1980, as well as two masters中出少妇视频 degrees from Yale in 1977 and 1978. His undergraduate degree in biology was earned from the 中出少妇视频 at Albany, State 中出少妇视频 of New York in 1974. Pastides also was awarded a certificate of study from the American Institute for Foreign Study in economics in 1972.

The Board of Regents expects to name the next president of Georgia State 中出少妇视频 at a future meeting.

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