Higher Ed Leaders Support Public Access, 2006

 

The following leaders of US universities and colleges went on record in support of the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. For more information on the proposed legislation, see the Alliance for Taxpayer Access Web site.

 

Current total: 132 (January 8, 2007)

Institution State Signer Link
Agnes Scott College GA Elizabeth Kiss, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/12)
Albion College MI Peter T. Mitchell, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Amherst College MA Anthony W. Marx, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Arizona State University AZ Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Executive Vice President and Provost GWLA Statement
Arkansas State University AR Susan D. Allen, Vice Chancellor for Research and Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
Augustana College (IL) IL Steven C. Bahls, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Austin College TX Oscar C. Page, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Barnard College NY Judith R. Shapiro, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Bates College ME Elaine Tuttle Hansen, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Baylor University TX Randall O'Brien, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
Bethel College (KS) KS Brad Born, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (8/29)
Bowdoin College ME Barry Mills, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Bryn Mawr College PA Nancy J. Vickers, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Bucknell University PA Brian C. Mitchell, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Carleton College MN Rob Oden, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Carnegie Mellon University PA Mark S. Kamlet, Provost & Senior Vice President Open Letter (7/28)
Case Western Reserve University OH John L. Anderson, Provost and University Vice President Open Letter (7/28)
Clark University MA John Bassett, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Coe College IA James R. Phifer, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Colby College ME William Adams, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Colgate University NY Rebecca Chopp, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
The College of Wooster OH R. Stanton Hales, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Colorado College CO Richard F. Celeste, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Colorado State University CO Tony Frank, Provost and Senior Vice President SPARC Statement (9/5)
Connecticut College CT Leo I. Higdon, Jr., President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Dartmouth College NH Barry P. Scherr, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Davidson College NC Robert Vagt, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Denison University OH Dale Thomas Knobel, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
DePauw University IN Robert G. Bottoms, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Dickinson College PA William G. Durden, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Duke University NC Peter Lange, Provost SPARC Statement (8/24)
Earlham College IN Douglas Bennett, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Eckerd College FL Donald R. Eastman, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Franklin & Marshall College PA John A. Fry, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Gettysburg College PA Katherine Haley Will, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Gustavus Adolphus College MN James L. Peterson, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Hamline University MN David S. Stern, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs SPARC Statement (12/22)
Harvard University MA Steven E. Hyman, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Haverford College PA Thomas R. Tritton, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Indiana University IN Michael McRobbie, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bloomington Open Letter (7/28)
Iowa State University IA Susan L. Carlson, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost GWLA Statement
Kalamazoo College MI Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Kansas State University KS M. Duane Nellis, Provost GWLA Statement
Lafayette College PA Daniel H. Weiss, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Lake Forest College IL Stephen D. Schutt, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Lawrence University WI Jill Beck, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology MO C. Lee Jones, President GWLA Statement
Macalester College MN Brian Rosenberg, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Miami University OH Jeffrey Herbst, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (8/31)
Michigan State University MI Kim Wilcox, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Middlebury College VT Ronald D. Liebowitz, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Mount Holyoke College MA Joanne V Creighton, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
New York University NY David McLaughlin, Provost SPARC Statement (9/5)
Northwestern University IL Lawrence B. Dumas, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Oberlin College OH Alfred F. MacKay, Provost
Nancy S. Dye, President
SPARC Statement (8/24)
Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Occidental College CA Susan Prager, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Ohio Wesleyan University OH Mark W. Huddleston, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Oklahoma State University OK Marlene Strathe, Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
Oregon State University OR Sabah Randhawa, Provost & Executive Vice-President GWLA Statement
Pennsylvania State University PA Rodney A. Erickson, Executive Vice President & Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Purdue University IN Sally Mason, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Randolph-Macon College VA Robert R. Lindgren, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/12)
Reed College OR Colin S. Diver, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Rhodes College TN Dr. William E. Troutt, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Rice University TX Eugene H. Levy, Provost GWLA Statement
Rollins College FL Lewis M. Duncan, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey NJ Philip Furmanski, Executive VP for Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
Saint Olaf College MN David R. Anderson, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Saint Lawrence University NY Daniel F. Sullivan, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Simon's Rock College of Bard MA Mary B. Marcy, Provost SPARC Statement (10/3)
Skidmore College NY Philip A. Glotzbach, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Smith College MA Carol Christ, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL John M. Dunn, Provost and Vice Chancellor GWLA Statement
Southern Utah University UT Abe Harraf, Provost SPARC Statement (8/28)
Stony Brook University NY Robert L. McGrath, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (8/23)
Swarthmore College PA Alfred H. Bloom, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Syracuse University NY Eric F. Spina, Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Temple University PA Ann Weaver Hart, President SPARC Statement (11/7)
Texas A&M University TX David B. Prior, Executive Vice President and Provost Open Letter (7/28)
The Ohio State University OH Barbara R. Snyder, Executive Vice President & Provost Open Letter (7/28)
Trinity University (TX) TX John R. Brazil, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Tufts University MA Jamshed Bharucha,
Provost & Senior Vice President
SPARC Statement (11/7)
University at Albany, SUNY NY Susan Herbst, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (9/11)
University of Arizona AZ George H. Davis, Executive Vice-President and Provost GWLA Statement
University of Arkansas AR Robert Smith, Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of California CA Wyatt R Hume, Executive Vice President & Provost Open Letter (7/28)
University of Connecticut CT Peter J. Nicholls, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of Colorado at Boulder CO Philip DiStefano, Provost & Executive Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of Delaware DE David Roselle, President SPARC Statement (11/15)
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Neal J. Smatresk, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of Illinois at Chicago IL R. Michael Tanner, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL Linda Katehi, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
University of Iowa IA Michael J. Hogan, Executive Vice President and Provost Open Letter (7/28)
University of Kansas KS Richard Lariviere, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor GWLA Statement
University of Kentucky KY Kumble Subbaswamy, Provost SPARC Statement (11/22)
University of Maine ME Edna Szymanski, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of Maryland - Baltimore County MD Arthur T. Johnson, Provost SPARC Statement (8/24)
University of Massachusetts Amherst MA Charlena Seymour, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of Michigan MI Teresa A. Sullivan, Provost & Executive Vice President Open Letter (7/28)
University of Minnesota MN E. Thomas Sullivan, Executive Vice President & Provost Open Letter (7/28)
University of Missouri at Columbia MO Brian L. Foster, Provost GWLA Statement
University of Nebraska – Lincoln NB Barbara Couture, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of New Hampshire NH Bruce L. Mallory, Provost and Executive Vice President SPARC Statement (8/22) & Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of New Mexico NM Reed Way Dasenbrock, Provost SPARC Statement (9/08)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC Bernadette Gray-Little,
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
SPARC Statement (10/11)
University of North Carolina-Greensboro NC A. Edward Uprichard, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (9/05)
University of Notre Dame IN Thomas G. Burish, Provost SPARC Statement (8/30)
University of Oregon OR Linda Brady, Senior Vice President and Provost GWLA Statement
University of Rhode Island RI M. Beverly Swan, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of Rochester NY Charles E. Phelps, Provost Open Letter (7/28)
University of Texas at Arlington TX Dana Dunn, Provost SPARC Statement (8/22)
University of Texas at Austin TX   Independent letter. See GWLA Statement
University of Utah UT David W. Pershing, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of Vermont VT John M. Hughes, Provost and Senior Vice President Council of Presidents Letter (9/6)
University of Washington WA Phyllis M. Wise, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs GWLA Statement
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Patrick Farrell, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI Rita Cheng, Provost and Vice Chancellor SPARC Statement (8/29)
Utah State University UT Raymond T. Coward, Provost and Executive Vice President GWLA Statement
Vanderbilt University  TN Nicholas S. Zeppos, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs  Open Letter (7/28)
Vassar College NY Catharine B. Hill, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Virginia Commonwealth University VA Stephen D. Gottfredson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs SPARC Statement (8/29)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Mark G. McNamee, University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Open Letter (7/28)
Wabash College IN Patrick E. White, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Washington and Lee University VA Kenneth P. Ruscio, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Washington State University WA Robert C. Bates, Provost and Executive Vice President GWLA Statement
Washington University - St. Louis WA Edward S. Macias, Executive Vice Chancellor Open Letter (7/28) & GWLA Statement
Wellesley College MA Diana Chapman Walsh, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Wesleyan University CT Douglas Bennet, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/12)
Willamette University OR M. Lee Pelton, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Wheaton College (MA) MA Ronald A. Crutcher, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
Whitman College WA George Bridges, President Oberlin Group Letter (9/6)
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