President John T. Casteen, III announced April 27 that medical school dean Dr. Arthur “Tim” Garson will take over as provost when Gene D. Block becomes chancellor at UCLA this summer. Garson is already serving with Executive Vice President Leonard Sandridge as co-chair of the mysterious-sounding Commission on the Future of the University. Garson headed up a strategic planning effort as dean of the medical school. Among his other qualifications for being a UVA administrator, Garson possesses a nickname that must be placed meticulously in quotes, and dons a bow tie smartly. As provost, the expert in health policy will be the University’s chief academic officer, and answer to Casteen. UVA has one more senior administrator to replace—Arts & Sciences Dean Ed Ayers will depart July 1 to become president of the University of Richmond.
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