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MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Kraus robert.kraus@rochester.edu
585.267.4060 or Teri D' Agostino 585.275.3676
September 1, 2003
With the enthusiastic support of an 18-person search committee, the Board of Trustees has approved University of Rochester President Thomas H. Jackson's recommendation that C. McCollister (Mac) Evarts be given a permanent appointment as senior vice president and vice provost for health affairs and Medical Center CEO.
"Dr. Evarts not only has been superb in the role of senior vice president since his interim appointment effective July 1, but his continuation has been endorsed in the strongest possible terms by the senior leadership of the Medical Center and by important constituencies to the Medical Center and the University," Jackson said. "I have enjoyed working with Dr. Evarts on a multitude of Medical Center and University initiatives, and believe that he is the right person, at the right time. He brings humanity, vision, and accountability to one of the most important, and difficult, jobs in any academic institution, and I am confident that he, together with the senior leadership team at the Medical Center, will continue the enormous progress of the Medical Center in all of its dimensions."
"I am honored by this show of support, and I look forward to the continuing development of the Medical Center in terms of its clinical care, education, and research initiatives," Evarts said. "Our stature among academic medical centers is certainly on the rise, and will continue in that direction in the coming years."
A 1957 graduate of the School of Medicine and Dentistry and former chair of
the Medical Center's Department of Orthopaedics, Evarts is retired CEO of the
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University. Evarts had
returned to the Medical Center earlier this year after retiring from Penn State,
where he also had served as senior vice president for health affairs and dean
of the College of Medicine. He is a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy of Sciences.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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