Yale University President Richard C. Levin's SOM Dean's Search Announcement

April 29, 2009

To the Yale School of Management Community:

When I appointed Sharon Oster, Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, to be the dean of the Yale School of Management, effective November 1, 2008, she agreed to serve until a new dean was selected. I now have begun the process of finding a new Dean, and I have established a search committee to advise me in this regard. Under the chairmanship of James Baron, William S. Beinecke Professor of Management, and Professor of Sociology, the following individuals have agreed to serve on this committee:

• Rick Antle, William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting, School of Management 
• Nicholas Barberis, Stephen & Camille Schramm Professor of Finance, School of Management 
• Judith Chevalier, William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Finance, School of Management 
• Ravi Dhar, George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing and Director of the Center for Customer Insights, School of Management 
• Gary Gorton, Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor of Management and Finance, School of Management 
• Edward Kaplan, William N. & Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences, School of Management, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Public Health 
• Frances Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of International Politics and Chair Political Science

In addition, I have established an alumni advisory group to assist in the process. Senior Fellow of the Corporation Roland W. Betts '68BA will chair this second committee and will be assisted by the following individuals:

• Charles D. Ellis '59BA
• Ellis B. Jones '79MPPM 
• Linda A. Mason '80MBA 
• Edward J. McKinley '79MPPM 
• Ranjani Hopkins Nagaswami '86MBA 
• George U. Wyper '84MBA

I will rely heavily on the counsel of the whole Yale SOM community, including staff, students, and alumni during this important search. I hope that you will communicate directly with any of these individuals, either on the future of the School in general or on any thoughts you have about a new Dean.