September 29, 1995 Contact: Jim Burns (408/459-2495)

INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR NAMED TO OVERSEE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AT UC SANTA CRUZ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA---James F. Sullivan, a veteran University of California administrator, will serve as interim vice chancellor of Business and Administrative Services at UC Santa Cruz, effective immediately. Sullivan replaces L. Edwin Coate, who is leaving the vice chancellor's position to become vice president of business services at Mira Costa College in San Diego County.

Executive Vice Chancellor R. Michael Tanner, who announced Sullivan's appointment today, said a search will commence this fall to fill the position on a permanent basis. "We are fortunate to have the services of James Sullivan," Tanner said. "He brings seasoned leadership and extensive experience in all aspects of university business and administrative services."

Sullivan most recently served as vice chancellor for administration at UC's Davis campus. In addition to filling that post during his years at UCD (1978-91), Sullivan also served as dean of University Extension and director of organized public service.

Sullivan began his UC career at the Riverside campus in 1966. In 1966-67, he served as assistant to the chancellor, coordinating academic, physical, and fiscal planning for the campus. He became vice chancellor for business and finance in 1969. From 1974 to 1978, he was associate professor in UCR's Graduate School of Administration and served as associate director of the campus's Dry Lands Research Institute. Sullivan also was chair of the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Budgeting for two years.

Before working for the University of California, Sullivan was an assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Since 1991, Sullivan has worked as a consultant and has written articles, including one entitled "Ethics in the Workplace." It was published this past spring in the newsletter Management Issues by the consulting firm Peat Marwick. He also coauthored a chapter on new revenue sources for colleges and universities in the book Reinventing the University, published this year.

Sullivan earned a bachelor's degree in government from Dartmouth College, a master's in public administration from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh.

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