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'Right person, right time'
Board approves finalist in search for next UH president, chancellor
By Mayra Cruz
Issue date: 10/16/07 Section: News
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"Dr. Khator is the right person at the right time for the University of Houston System," board Chairman Welcome Wilson said.
Formed in May, the 20-member search advisory committee was led by Regent Leroy Hermes after former President and Chancellor Jay Gogue announced that he was taking over the presidency at Auburn University in April.
The committee presented Khator, who is also USF's senior vice president, as the sole finalist to the board in a closed executive session, and the appointment was then approved in a public open meeting.
Khator will be the first Indian UH president and the second female to take the office. Marguerite Ross Barnett, both the first female and the first black president, was appointed in 1990.
During the five-month search process, the candidates were kept confidential while the board conducted interviews of the remaining candidates last week.
Interim President and Chancellor John Rudley was not under consideration as a potential candidate because of a board policy, UH Counsel for Legal Affairs Dona Cornell said, but did not elaborate.
Once his term expires, Rudley will return to his previous role as Vice Chancellor and Vice President of Finance and Administration. Jim McShan, the interim vice chancellor and vice president of Finance and Administration, will return to his previous position as associate vice chancellor and vice president of Finance.
Rudley will stay in office until January when Khator is expected to take over the presidency.
Under section 51.913 of the Texas Education Code, the board must announce its finalists before a final vote is taken to employ a candidate. The final vote on the finalist is taken 21 days after the initial announcement, and the board will have a meeting on Nov. 5 to approve Khator as the new president and chancellor.
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