LETTERS TO THE
CHANCELLOR-DESIGNATE
Dear Colleagues:
In my first Website News Update as Chancellor, I would like to share with
you congratulatory letters I have received since April from friends and
associates across the nation and here in San Diego. After hearing the
high esteem that so many people have for UCSD and for the people who study
and work here, I feel greatly honored to be your Chancellor, and I am
very excited about our future prospects.
This “Letters to the
Chancellor” page will continue to be a forum for members of the
UCSD community to express their own ideas and concerns about campus life.
The opinions expressed on this Webpage are those of the writers and do
not represent the views of the Chancellor or the University. I hope you
will write to me via chancellor@ucsd.edu,
and I look forward to hearing from you.
Marye Anne Fox
Chancellor
Dear Marye Anne:
Congratulations on having been
selected to receive the 2005 Lathrop Parsons Award. This is an Award you
certainly deserve for having done outstanding research in chemistry, and
recently for having made students and laymen grasp the importance of science.
Years ago, when I think about
it, Paul Rillema, one of my postdoctorates, was chairman of the chemistry
department at North Carolina State University, and he had me come spend
a few days in the department as one of its evaluators. Now my former colleague
Bill Trogler, chemistry professor at the University of California, San
Diego, tells me they are very happily awaiting your arrival to be their
University Chancellor.
No reason why you should know
me, but we did talk briefly at some of the NAS annual meetings.
Kind personal regards and best
wishes,
Sincerely,
Fred Basolo
Charles E. and Emma H.
Morrison Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Dear Dr. Fox:
As an active member of the San Diego community, I am certainly looking
forward to your arrival. Your appointment as the new Chancellor of the
University of California, San Diego is very exciting for the University
as well as those of us who take great pride in the overall quality of
life and health of this region.
Bob Dynes, your predecessor,
built strong relationships between the talents of UCSD and the greater
San Diego business community. Based upon your background and accomplishments,
I am confident you will continue this valuable partnership between UCSD
and the surrounding business community.
Best Wishes,
Malin Burnham
Dear Marye Anne:
Having just returned from China,
I am tardy in conveying my delight and congratulations on your having
been selected as the next Chancellor of UCSD.
I look forward to working with
you in your new capacity.
With warm regards,
Sincerely,
Albert Carnesale
Chancellor, UCLA
Dear Marye Anne:
A voice from a fellow National
Science Board Member Emeritus.
I read of your appointment
to Chancellor of UCSD, but wanted to wait until the expected wave of congratulations
somewhat subsided. It was delightful news. UCSD is a wonderful University,
and you will be a great Chancellor there.
I have thought of you, and
other NSB members, often, and especially remember your taking over the
Vice Chair after my time in it. I look back on my 12 years on that Board
as a life highlight – serious Members, important questions, great
staff. Some problems, but surmountable. Good policy decisions, by and
large.
We were at Chapel Hill for
our grandson’s graduation in 2002. Our daughter and her family live
in North Carolina – her twin daughters are also at Chapel Hill.
While there, Anne and I visited briefly with Molly Broad, who graciously
saw us at her home for an hour on graduation day. I knew her well from
her stint with the California State University. She seemed about the same,
at least as I had interacted with her there.
Again – welcome to San
Diego. If there is anything I can do to help you, do not hesitate to call.
With very best wishes,
Sincerely,
Thomas B. Day
President Emeritus
San Diego State University
P.S. I think it is especially
nice of you to bring Philip Rivers with you to join our San Diego Chargers.
Be sure to tell the Downtown Rotary (of which I am a member – senior!)
that you did that intentionally.
Dear Dr. Fox:
Thank you so much for taking
the time to appear on “North Carolina People” recently. I
know our viewers appreciated this last opportunity to hear from you before
you headed to California.
You accomplished great things
during your tenure at NCSU, and these invaluable contributions will continue
to benefit the university and the state of North Carolina for years to
come.
I wish you continued success
and happiness in all that you do in the future. I am certain your talents
and vision will enrich all who are associated with the University of California,
San Diego, just as they have done for those here in North Carolina.
Regards,
Tom Howe
Director and General
Manager
North Carolina Center
for Public Television
Dear Chancellor Fox:
With hope that you will enjoy
these compelling stories about the remarkable advance of marine research
over the latter half of the twentieth century, some of the outstanding
scientists who made it possible, and the manifold role of Scripps Institution
of Oceanography in oceanography’s coming of age.
We live in a time of rich opportunity
for research in ocean science. May these stories help deepen our understanding
of the past and sharpen our vision for the future as we move into areas
yet unimagined.
With warm regards,
Charlie Kennel
Director, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Dear Marye Anne:
I was delighted to learn that
you had been appointed Chancellor of UC San Diego, and write to offer
my warm congratulations.
Your remarkable accomplishments
at North Carolina State augur well for an exceptional tenure at UCSD;
I am sure you will bring a new spirit of aspiration to an already great
institution.
I wish you great happiness
and fulfillment as you take up your new position. May you have a long
and distinguished tenure.
Sincerely,
Shirley Strum Kenny
President
State University of New
York, Stony Brook
Dear Dr. Fox:
On behalf of the entire University
of San Diego community, I congratulate you on your appointment and welcome
you to beautiful San Diego.
Your appointment as the next
chancellor of UCSD, one of our nation’s most highly regarded public
institutions, is a tremendous accomplishment and a true testament to your
diligent scholarly work and outstanding leadership in academia.
In the year since my July 2003
appointment as the president of the University of San Diego, your predecessor
and I had few opportunities to meet or work together. However, Bob and
I had certainly begun to establish a good rapport and were developing
plans to meet regularly when he accepted the position of president of
the University of California. I hope that you and I, along with our colleagues
at the other local institutions, will make the time available to continue
this important dialogue and make collaborations between our offices and
our universities a top priority.
Again, welcome to San Diego
and my heartfelt congratulations on your appointment. From all that I
have read and heard, under your leadership, UCSD’s future will continue
to be very exciting.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Lyons
President
University of San Diego
Dear Marye Anne:
Congratulations on your appointment
as Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). I am
delighted to learn of this appointment and wish you every happiness and
success. How wonderful for UCSD and for you.
I look forward to working with
you in the AAU context.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely,
Heather Munroe-Blum
Principal & Vice
Chancellor
Professor of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics
McGill University
Dear Marye Anne:
Congratulations and best wishes
to your new challenge in San Diego.
With best regards,
George A. Olah
Nobel Laureate, Professor
and Director
Loker Hydrocarbon Research
Institute
Dear Chancellor-Designate Fox:
On behalf of the teachers and staff
at the Early Childhood Education Center, I would like to congratulate
you on your new appointment, and invite you to visit us when appropriate.
We have 204 children in our
care, and 38 staff members. Our center is situated in the Mesa Graduate
Student Housing complex east of campus and is a wonderful place where
each day is a new adventure. We have a diverse and talented community,
and support student, faculty and staff families by providing quality care
and early education for their children.
Our Kindergarten group often
visits campus for events and extracurricular learning opportunities, and
has prepared a book for your arrival.
We hope that you enjoy their
welcome book, and look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Kathryn Owen
Program Director
UCSD Early Childhood
Education Center
Dear Marye Anne:
I was delighted to learn that
you have been chosen as the Chancellor of the University of California,
San Diego. UC is really very fortunate to have attracted someone of your
talents and deep commitment to its midst. Please let me know if there
is anything I can assist you with in your transition to UCSD. I would
be very happy to help in any way I can.
Again, please accept my heartfelt
congratulations and best wishes. Welcome to UC!
With kind regards,
Roberto Peccei
Vice Chancellor for Research
University of California,
Los Angeles
Dear Dr. Fox:
I was pleased to learn of your
appointment as the new Chancellor of the University of California, San
Diego, and I write to extend to you my very warmest congratulations. The
challenges facing those of us who lead institutions of higher education
are significant, and I hope that your tenure as Chancellor will be both
personally and professionally rewarding. The entire Brandeis University
community joins me in wishing you and the faculty, staff and students
of the University of California at San Diego every success.
With kind regards and good
wishes,
Jehuda Reinharz
President
Brandeis University
Dear Dr. Fox:
Congratulations on your appointment
as the new chancellor at UCSD. I have heard many wonderful things about
you from our colleagues at UCSD, and I look forward to meeting you when
you arrive permanently in San Diego.
UCSD and the California Western
School of Law have an Association Agreement and undertake together a number
of academic programs. We look forward to continuing our productive association.
Please call on me or any of us in the law school at any time if we may
be of assistance as you begin your service in San Diego.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Steven R. Smith
Dean
California Western School
of Law
Dear Marye Anne:
I just wanted to introduce
myself and to say how thrilled I am to learn that you will be our new
Chancellor. Not only do I welcome the opportunity to help introduce you
to this diverse and exciting campus, but I shall also be able to welcome
you and your husband as members of my department. It will be a special
privilege and honor.
I have spent my entire academic
career at UCSD, coming first in 1971 after carrying out postdoctoral work
in Cambridge, England. My husband, Palmer, joined the new Pharmacology
Department here in the School of Medicine, and after an additional year
of postdoctoral work, I joined the Department of Chemistry, subsequently
renamed Chemistry and Biochemistry. So we, my husband and I, are almost
pioneers! I have always found UCSD to be a place where I could continue
to learn and grow in new directions and where one could forge new boundaries
across diverse disciplines. Building a diverse and interdisciplinary environment
that extends from theory to chemistry and biology to biomedical science
has always been one of my goals, both on campus and nationally, and I
sincerely believe that there is no place that has better interdisciplinary
networking at the grassroots level than UCSD. We are young as a campus,
but we seem to thrive on new challenges.
I am sure that you have read
the book, “An Improbable Venture,” describing the brief history
of UCSD. In case you have not, I am enclosing a copy. It is a wonderful
story of how we began, and we are all now laying the foundations for the
next volume. Hopefully, we can continue the tradition. We are all just
delighted that you will be leading us.
I also think that you and I
may have some early common roots in Ohio. I moved from Wisconsin to Cleveland
when I was 11 and thus have strong ties to Cleveland. My parents lived
there until about six years ago.
I look forward to meeting you.
With warm regards,
Susan Taylor
Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Pharmacy
Dear Chancellor Fox:
Our heartfelt congratulations
on your appointment as UCSD Chancellor. From everything we hear, we are
fortunate to have you. It was a pleasure meeting you and Dr. Whitesell
briefly at Monday’s reception. I very much look forward to, along
with Vice Chancellor Langley, briefing you on the status and goals of
UCSD’s alumni relations. Better yet, our alumni are quite anxious
to get to know you and welcome you to our community. All the best to you
during your transitions in Raleigh and La Jolla. See you soon.
Best regards,
John Valva
Executive Director, UCSD
Alumni Association
Dear Marye Anne:
Congratulations on your selection
as Chancellor for the University of California, San Diego. It is an extraordinary
institution; I am sure that under your leadership it will reach still
greater heights of distinction and achievement.
I look forward to welcoming
you to San Diego and to working with you in the future. Please do not
hesitate to ask if we can be of any assistance.
Sincerely,
Stephen L. Weber
President
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