To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "President Michael J. Hogan" <presmike@uillinois.edu>

Reply-To: presmike@uillinois.edu
 Subject: Vice President for Academic Affairs appointment

September 6, 2011

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students,

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Christophe Pierre to the 
University of Illinois as the Vice President for Academic Affairs, 
pending approval by the Board of Trustees at its September 9, 2011, 
meeting.

Dr. Pierre comes to us from McGill University in Montreal, where he has 
served as dean of the Faculty of Engineering since 2005. Prior to joining 
McGill he held engineering faculty and administrative appointments at 
the University of Michigan for two decades. He holds a bachelor's degree 
in aerospace engineering from Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de 
Paris in France, a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace 
engineering from Princeton University, and a doctorate in mechanical 
engineering and materials science from Duke University. 

I am delighted to welcome such an accomplished scholar and administrator 
to our University. Dr. Pierre's dedication and vision led him to advance 
the quality and stature of programs at McGill University's Faculty of 
Engineering. He was active in raising more than $50 million for the 
school and was instrumental in increasing enrollment, research funding, 
and faculty. In the six years that he served as dean, the number of 
engineering doctoral fellowships awarded rose exponentially from 
eight to 128.

I would like to thank the members of the search advisory committee, 
chaired by Dr. Robert Easter, interim vice president and chancellor 
of the Urbana-Champaign campus, for their unwavering commitment to 
this search.

Dr. Pierre is scheduled to begin his U of I position, pending Board 
approval, on October 16, 2011. 

I hope you will join me in welcoming Dr. Pierre to our University. 
I know that, like me, you will look forward to his leadership as we 
work together to further advance academic programs across our campuses.


Sincerely,
Mike


Michael J. Hogan, President
University of Illinois This mailing approved by:
The Office of the President

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