Scherr Appointed Provost after Schnabel '71 Declines

President James Wright has officially appointed Associate Provost Barry Scherr as Provost after the College's first choice, Robert Schnabel '71, declined an offer for personal reasons. As Dartmouth's chief academic officer, Provost Scherr intends to continue the implementation of the Student Life Initiative, improve faculty and staff diversity issues and increase ties between College departments. Wright, who has worked closely with Scherr as a faculty member and administrator, described him as "very hardworking" and "tremendously enthusiastic." Although the College did not make a written offer to Schnabel -- who is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Campus Technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder -- Wright made it clear to him that he was Dartmouth's pick for the second-highest position at the College. "I had a real interest in pursuing this with him [Schnabel] ... on the recommendation of the search committee," Wright said.