Until the search is complete, interim provost Martin Wybourne will continue in the position.
"I'm looking forward to working with Martin, whose deep understanding of Dartmouth's academic and research enterprise will continue to serve us well," Hanlon said in the email.
Faculty members on the committee are government department chair John Carey, engineering professor Tillman Gerngross, Tuck School of Business professor Robert Hansen, Geisel School of Medicine professor Yolanda Sanchez, English professor Barbara Will and mathematics and computer science professor Peter Winkler.
Winkler said Wybourne contacted him about serving on the committee about a week and half ago. The committee will have its first meeting in the next few weeks.
Winkler plans to approach the search process with "no preconceived notions" about the best qualities for a provost, he said. Although he was not aware of a specific timeline, he said he expects the search process to move quickly.
The committee also comprises Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris and two students, Nia Foney '15 and John O'Toole Tu'14.
Foney is an undergraduate advisor and member of the Afro-American Society, Gospel Choir and residential education advisory board. She is a recipient of the Rauner Scholarship, which supports graduates of Chicago public high schools who qualify for financial aid at Dartmouth.
O'Toole is a former Marine who spent 20 years stationed in the Southeastern United States and abroad. In 2010, O'Toole led a team of 2,500 Marines who coordinated relief efforts for the Haiti earthquake.
He said he is excited to be chosen for the search committee and looks forward to the group's first meeting.
"I need to develop a more thorough understanding about what the provost does on campus, but I want to provide a student perspective about who will best serve the Dartmouth community," he said.
O'Toole is an executive officer of the Tuck entrepreneurship club E'Ship and is part of the Armed Forces Alumni Association. He has helped the Tuck admissions office with recruiting and outreach to veterans and is working on a startup company, FreshAir Sensor Corporation, based on a product that could be used in hotels or restaurants to alert staff when a customer is smoking.
Folt announced in April that she would be leaving the College in June to fill a chancellor position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Folt was appointed to the provost position in 2010 and has previously served as dean of the faculty, dean of graduate studies and a biological sciences professor in her 30 years at the College.
Wybourne is interim provost and vice provost for research. He joined the College faculty in 1997 as a professor in astronomy and physics.
The College hired the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller to advise the committee. Isaacson, Miller, also retained during the College's presidential search, has recently helped fill provost positions at Creighton University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, St. John's University, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of California at Merced.
Hanlon invited community members to submit provost nominations and other comments on the process to a special email account for the search, Provost.Search@Dartmouth.edu.
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