[Vision2020] Tom White to UC-Riverside

Thu May 15 09:30:49 PDT 2008

Timothy P. White Named UC Riverside Chancellor
May 15, 2008

Timothy P. White, president of the University of Idaho, today (May 15)
was named chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, by the
UC Board of Regents. The appointment, made on the recommendation of
President Robert C. Dynes, will take effect on or before Sept. 1, 2008.

An immigrant from Argentina who attended all three systems of
California public higher education and received his Ph.D. from UC
Berkeley, White has three decades of experience in public research
universities. He has held faculty appointments at the University of
Michigan, UC Berkeley, and Oregon State University, where he served as
provost and executive vice president, and as president on an interim
basis, before joining the University of Idaho as president in August
2004. 

White, 58, has led the renewal of the University of Idaho as president,
placing a focus on strategic planning, diversity, improved
communication, multi-disciplinary research initiatives and the
fostering of a student-centered culture. His academic background is in
physiology, kinesiology and human biodynamics, and he is
internationally recognized for his work in muscle plasticity, injury
and aging. 

"I am deeply honored, and humbled, by this appointment. I am eager to
get started," White said. "UC Riverside is an institution of great
accomplishment and even greater opportunity. Its people are focused on
providing high-quality education to students and tackling the economic,
social, environmental, educational and health needs of the broader
community. This campus is rapidly ascending to the next level of
distinction and public contribution through teaching, research and
creative activity, and engagement through outreach. I am excited by the
opportunity to help it make that ascent." 

White succeeds former UC Riverside Chancellor France A. Córdova, who
stepped down last summer to assume the presidency of Purdue University.
Robert D. Grey, a University of California veteran who previously
served as provost and executive vice chancellor at UC Davis, has been
serving the Riverside campus as acting chancellor. 

"Tim White is extremely well-suited to lead UC Riverside," Dynes said.
"He has a unique grasp of the mission of land-grant universities and a
passion for that mission. His multicultural roots and personal
experience with higher education have given him a deep commitment to
diversity and inclusiveness. And he has solid experience moving public
universities forward by managing them effectively, building trust and
cooperation, and forging successful ties and a sense of shared purpose
with the external communities they serve. I am delighted to welcome him
to UC." 

In conducting the search for the new chancellor, Dynes was advised by a
committee of Regents, faculty, staff, students, alumni and community
representatives. The search process involved the evaluation of 106
prospects, from which 12 high-priority candidates were identified. 

Born in Buenos Aires, White as a child moved with his family first to
Canada and then to Northern California. He is a naturalized U.S.
citizen. A first-generation college student, White began his higher
education at Diablo Valley Community College in Northern California. He
achieved his B.A. degree at California State University, Fresno; his
M.S. degree at California State University, Hayward; and his Ph.D. at
UC Berkeley. 

Upon completion of his Ph.D., White served as a postdoctoral scholar
and then faculty member at the University of Michigan, ultimately
serving as chair of the Department of Kinesiology. From 1991 to 1996 he
was at UC Berkeley, serving as professor and then chair of the
Department of Human Biodynamics. He subsequently joined Oregon State
University, where he served as dean of the College of Health and Human
Sciences. In the early 2000s he served as provost and executive vice
president there, and also as president on an interim basis. 

The University of Idaho, in Moscow, Idaho, is the state's land-grant
and flagship research institution and home to the state's only law
school. It enrolls 13,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional
students and participates in NCAA Division I athletics. 

As president of the institution, White launched a strategic planning
effort, streamlined the administrative structure, adopted a
comprehensive action plan for diversity and human rights at the
university, launched a series of interdisciplinary programs in targeted
fields important to the state of Idaho, and improved the institution's
fundraising success. He also placed an emphasis on building trust with
internal and external constituencies and on creating a student-centered
university with a strong sense of community. 

White's family includes his wife, Karen, and four children. 

As chancellor of UC Riverside, White will receive an annual salary of
$325,000. Per university policy, he also will receive
university-provided housing; an annual automobile allowance of $8,916;
a relocation allowance of $25,000, or 7.7 percent of base salary;
payment of packing and relocation costs for household effects, library
and related equipment; and eligibility for a Mortgage Origination
Program loan and payment of relocation costs if he continues in a
tenured faculty position after stepping down as chancellor. As an
exception to policy, he will receive reimbursement of up to two
round-trip coach airline fares between Riverside and Moscow, Idaho, for
both himself and his wife during the transition period. 

White also will receive standard pension and health and welfare
benefits and standard senior management benefits, including senior
manager life insurance, executive business travel insurance, executive
salary continuation for disability, accrual of sabbatical leave and an
administrative fund. Credit for his prior UC service of approximately
five years will be granted, per policy, and will count toward UC
benefits such as vacation, pension and any other service-based
benefits. It is estimated that with 10 years of service, this will
produce a monthly retirement benefit of approximately $5,074 under the
standard Retirement Plan formula. 

One of the most diverse research university campuses in the nation, UC
Riverside has an enrollment of 17,000 students and offers bachelor's
degree programs in 78 majors, 50 master's degree programs, 38 Ph.D.
programs and 17 state teaching credentials. UC Riverside's park-like
campus, located on nearly 1,200 acres near the Box Spring Mountains in
Southern California, is a living laboratory for groundbreaking
exploration of issues critical to the region, the state and communities
around the world. UC Riverside has an economic impact of nearly $1
billion statewide, with more than 70 percent of this economic activity
benefiting the Inland Empire. 

For more information about UC Riverside: http://www.ucr.edu/ or http://impact.ucr.edu/ 

For more information about the University of California: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ 

            General Campus Information

               University of California, Riverside

                  900 University Ave.

                  Riverside, CA 92521

               Tel: (951) 827-1012

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            Office of the Chancellor
            4108 Hinderaker Hall

Tel: (951) 827-5201
Fax: (951) 827-3866
E-mail: chancellor at ucr.edu

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