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The search for Wittenberg's next president officially began at the start of the 2004-05 academic year with the publication of the first of two job postings in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation's leading news source for university administrators and faculty.

Additional ads appeared in a range of other publications, including The Lutheran, Women in Higher Education and Black Issues in Higher Education.

The postings followed the summer appointment of the 14-member search committee headed by 1975 Wittenberg alumna Ingrid Stafford, chair of the university's Board of Directors and vice president for finance and controller at Northwestern University.

Joining Stafford on the committee from the board of directors are 1969 alumnus David L. Boyle, vice chair of Ambac Financial Group in New York City; Glenn W. Collier, partner and member of the executive committee of the Springfield law firm Martin, Browne, Hull and Harper; 1964 alumnus William B. Fisher, clinical professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and co-director of the cancer program at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind.; 1971 alumnus The Rev. Dr. Dale R. Giffin, senior pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Youngstown; 1973 alumnus David U. Gogol, president of B&D Sagamore, a government affairs consulting company in Washington, D.C.; 1969 alumna Elizabeth A. Hunter, former professor, teacher, librarian and principal; and 1976 alumnus and attorney Milton O. Thompson, president and CEO of Grand Slam Companies in Indianapolis, Ind.

Also serving on the committee are three Wittenberg faculty members: Robin L. Inboden, professor of English; Timothy L. Lewis, professor of biology; and Josephine F. Wilson, the Paul Luther Keil endowed chair in psychology. In addition, 2003 alumna Lehan Peters, director of the Wittenberg Fund; 1988 alumnus and attorney David A. Brown, past president of the Wittenberg Alumni Board; and junior Bruce Robinson, student body representative and former president of Concerned Black Students, have been appointed to the committee.

The search for Wittenberg's next president is being coordinated by the nationally recognized executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, which specializes in the education and not-for-profit sectors.

To date, 60 candidates have applied for the position from both in and outside the Lutheran tradition following the board's decision to remove the president's denominational requirement from the university's constitution in September.

Candidates must possess a strong knowledge and a keen understanding of Wittenberg's Lutheran values and be willing to interpret internally and externally the importance and meaning of Wittenberg's church relationship, however.

The search committee is currently conducting preliminary interviews with selected candidates in the hopes of bringing two or three candidates to campus in January. At that time, the candidates will interview with representative groups of faculty, students, directors and friends of the university.