Faculty Tenure Actions

The following university faculty tenure actions were approved this past year by the Cornell Board of Trustees at its meeting in March, May and October.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Beth A. Ahner, assistant professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Arthur T. DeGaetano, associate professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
John E. Losey, assistant professor, Department of Entomology, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, was re-elected professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Frank S. Rossi, assistant professor, Department of Horticulture, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Dietram A. Scheufele, assistant professor, Department of Communication, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
James R. Schupp, assistant professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Joseph B. Walther, associate professor, Department of Communication, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.

College of Architecture, Art and Planning

Ann-Margaret Esnard, assistant professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Todd V. McGrain, assistant professor, Department of Art, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.

College of Arts and Sciences

James F. Bell III, assistant professor, Department of Astronomy, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Piet W. Brouwer, assistant professor, Department of Physics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Rey-Huei Chen, assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
David L. Deitcher, assistant professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Lawrence K. Gibbons, assistant professor, Department of Physics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Douglas Mao, associate professor, Department of English, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
David P. McCobb, assistant professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Kaja McGowan, assistant professor, Department of the History of Art, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, assistant professor, Department of Sociology, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Ted O'Donoghue, assistant professor, Department of Economics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Judith A. Peraino, assistant professor, Department of Music, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
Irena V. Peeva, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Ravi K. Ramakrishna, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.
William P. Thurston was elected professor with indefinite tenure, Department of Mathematics, effective with his appointment July 1, 2003.

College of Engineering

Shefford P. Baker, assistant professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Edwin A. (Todd) Cowen, assistant professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Kelvin H. Lee, assistant professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective April 1, 2003.

College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences

Lillian J. Lee, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.

School of Hotel Administration

David Sherwyn, assistant professor, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.

S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management

Stuart L. Hart was elected the Samuel Curtis Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global Enterprise and was elected professor with indefinite tenure, effective with his appointment July 1, 2003.

Law School

Michael Heise was elected professor with indefinite tenure, Cornell Law School, effective July 1, 2003.
Jeffrey S. Lehman was elected professor with indefinite tenure, Cornell Law School, effective with his July 1, 2003, appointment as president of Cornell.

College of Veterinary Medicine

Patrick L. McDonough, assistant professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective July 1, 2003.

November 20, 2003