Aquarium director
joins list of exiting
UH administrators

Bruce Carlson departs April 30
for a similar position in Atlanta

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By Treena Shapiro
tshapiro@starbulletin.com

The head of the Waikiki Aquarium was expected to announce his resignation today, following a recent string of similar announcements by University of Hawaii administrators.

Bruce Carlson's resignation will take effect April 30, when he leaves for the Georgia Aquarium Project in Atlanta.

Last week, Athletic Director Hugh Yoshida announced that he will retire in December, and William S. Richardson School of Law Dean Larry Foster announced that he will return to a faculty position next year.

Rosanne Harrigan, dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, will be stepping down in June to take a research position in the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Outreach College Dean Victor Kobayashi had planned to leave the administration at the end of the month but will stay on until May 15, according to interim Manoa Chancellor Deane Neubauer, who said Kobayashi may then return to the faculty or work on special projects.

Neubauer said the movement in the administration is "reasonably normal," given that all these people have held demanding leadership roles for many years. In addition, many administrators are in or nearing their 60s and, after decades on the job, are considering whether they would like to retire, move or change careers. A similar situation faces the faculty, he said.

He added that the transition in the presidency, the new strategic planning process and reorganization have made some people decide that it is time to move on.

The increasing number of administrative vacancies and interim deans and directors could be attractive to the person selected to be the new Manoa chancellor, Neubauer said.

"I'm hoping that someone comes in here as a chancellor and says, 'Wow! I get the opportunity to hire my own deans,'" he said. "I think that's an enormously attractive opportunity."

However, the University of Hawaii also announced new appointments last Friday.

Betsy Sloane, a Trinity College administrator during UH President Evan Dobelle's tenure there, has been appointed president of the UH Foundation, the university's fund-raising arm. She replaces Pat McFadden, who resigned in November.

Sloane, who is married to UH Chief Financial Officer Wick Sloane, was the director of corporate and foundation relations and associate vice president of development at Trinity and was instrumental in the success of the Learning Corridor community renewal project.

Most recently, as president of Massachusetts-based development firm K@tapult Inc., Sloane worked with Harvard University, where she directed the design, development and initial management of a public-private community partnership program that created a $35 million after-school program, a $20 million affordable-housing program and laid the groundwork for three additional community initiatives.

Kapiolani Community College also announced last week that Leon Richards will serve as interim provost while John Morton oversees the development and implementation of a computer-based student tracking and information system for the university.

Richards has been at Kapiolani since 1977, serving over the years as assistant dean of instruction, acting provost and dean of instruction.

Most recently, he has been KCC's senior academic dean and director for international education for the seven-campus community college system.