Martin Wybourne, vice provost for research and a physics professor at the College, will serve as Dartmouth's interim provost beginning on July 1, current Provost Carol Folt announced Monday afternoon in a campus-wide email. Lindsay Whaley, acting associate provost for international affairs and a linguistics and classics professor, will replace Wybourne as interim vice provost. Folt, who was appointed as the College's interim president by the Board of Trustees on April 17, will also assume her new position on July 1.
Wybourne will co-lead the College's budget process with Chief Financial Officer Steven Kadish and continue his oversight of the College's research infrastructure. Whaley will begin working with the Provost Division's centers and programs while continuing his current work overseeing the College's international initiatives and relationships, according to Folt.
Wybourne joined the College faculty in 1997 as a physics professor and assumed his position in the Provost's Office in 2004 after serving for three years as associate dean of the faculty for the sciences. He currently serves as the chair of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection, a group of over 20 academic, non-profit and government institutions, and as co-chair of the Senior Executive Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, according to Folt.
Whaley joined the College faculty in 1993 as a linguistics and classics professor and joined the Provost's Office in 2011 after five years as the inaugural associate dean for international and interdisciplinary programs. He is currently the co-chair of the Global Dartmouth Working Group in the Strategic Planning.
Folt emphasized the experience and expertise that both Wybourne and Whaley will bring to their new positions, praising their flexibility in changing roles.
"[Wybourne and Whaley]'s deep expertise and understanding of the connections across campus is critical during this time," Folt said in the email. "They are proven leaders who will ensure continuity in the Provost's Office, help maintain the vitality of our academic enterprise and advance momentum around Dartmouth's strategic priorities."
