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To: University of Maryland Family
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Nariman
Farvardin, currently dean of the A.
James Clark School of Engineering, as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, effective July 1, 2007. Dr. Farvardin will succeed William Destler, who will become President of the Rochester Institute of Technology in July.
In his new position, Nariman will serve as the University’s chief academic officer with both programmatic and administrative responsibility for all academic programs. His extraordinary leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, support of students, and devotion to the University of Maryland are widely respected across the campus. I look forward to working closely with him as the University continues its rapid rise into the ranks of the nation’s premier academic institutions.
Nariman joined the faculty in 1984. He served as Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1994 to 2000, when he became dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering. As dean, Nariman has promoted innovative new engineering programs, including the establishment of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, development of the Inventis and Keystone undergraduate programs and new initiatives in undergraduate research and technology entrepreneurship. Nariman has also fostered a strong public awareness of the school's strengths and accomplishments to its many constituencies, established a successful fundraising program, and improved organizational efficiency and productivity.
A Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Nariman is widely respected for contributions to communications and information theory. Among his honors, he has been awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award; the George Corcoran Award for Outstanding Contributions to Electrical Engineering Education; and the Invention of the Year Award (Information Sciences) from the University of Maryland. In January 2003, he was selected by The Washington Post as one of the "Five to Watch in 2003."
I am looking forward to working closely with Nariman in this new capacity, and to the great leadership and vision that he will provide to the University of Maryland’s academic mission.
I also wish to thank the Provost Search Committee, chaired by Professor Ira Berlin, which worked swiftly and with great discipline to identify and recommend a very strong field of candidates.
Yours sincerely,
C. D. Mote, Jr.
President