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60 UH president
hopefuls cut to 12

The Regents will pick
a president by April 1 from
a final list of 5 candidates

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By Suzanne Tswei
Star-Bulletin

Some 60 people have applied to be president of the University of Hawaii, and an advisory committee has narrowed them to 12 candidates, said David Iha, secretary of the Board of Regents, which oversees the university.

The 17-member advisory committee will begin reviewing and interviewing the candidates to cut the list to five names to submit to the board for consideration, Iha said. The board plans to appoint a new president by April 1.

Iha declined to say how many of the applicants, if any, are from Hawaii. Instead, he said the board hopes to release the names of the five finalists after they have been chosen.

Kenneth Mortimer, who has been president of the 10-campus university system since 1993, is scheduled to leave the job at the end of June.

He also holds the position of chancellor for the Manoa campus, which will become a separate job after he leaves.

The regents had approved the separation of the two positions as long as the separate chancellor job does not cost the university extra money. Iha said the regents would find money for the new chancellor in the existing budget.

Next week the board is to consider a proposal to reorganize the administration of the Manoa campus stemming from the new chancellor's position.

The proposal asks for the creation of five vice chancellor positions under the chancellor to manage Manoa's affairs.

The proposal calls for elimination or repositing of existing administrative positions to create the five vice chancellors, which also would not add extra costs to the university except for possibly office spaces.

Iha said the board will work to arrange for faculty involvement in the selection of the Manoa chancellor by arranging for face-to-face meetings.

He said, however, that doing the same for the finalists for the president's job may not be possible because it would require the finalists to visit the various campuses.

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