Charles R. Fay, deputy director of the Cornell Center for the Environment, has been named the university's vice provost for research administration. Fay succeeds Jack W. Lowe, who retires as executive vice provost for research. The appointment is effective May 1.
Announcing the appointment, Vice Provost for Research Robert C. Richardson said Fay will serve as senior administrator of the university's Office of the Vice Provost for Research. He also will serve as co-chair of the University Health and Safety Board, as an ex-officio member of the Radiation Safety Committee and as a member of the University Library Board, Richardson said. In addition, the new vice provost will be the institutional official responsible for Cornell's animal care program, overseeing the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Center for Research Animal Resources.
The Center for the Environment, where Fay was an administrator for the past 14 years, is one of the programs he will oversee in the research office. Others include the Center for Applied Mathematics; Center for Biochemical Optoelectronic Microsystems; Center for Radiophysics and Space Research; Center for Materials Research; Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source; Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research; Cornell Nanofabrication Facility; Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering (the Theory Center); Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics; Laboratory of Nuclear Studies; Nanobiotechnology Center; National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, which operates the Arecibo Observatory for the National Science Foundation; Program of Computer Graphics; Statistics Center; and Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences.
Before joining the Center for the Environment (formerly, the Center for Environmental Research) as administrative officer in 1987, Fay was a grant and contract officer in the Office of Sponsored Programs. He holds a B.S. (1974) in business finance from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He is an avid member of the High Noon Athletic Club, a group of serious and not-so-serious runners who meet daily at noon at Teagle Hall to explore the Cornell campus.
With Fay's departure, the leadership of the Center for the Environment will undergo minor restructuring so that the center can continue its strong support for interdisciplinary programs with a renewed emphasis on research.
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