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==University of California, Davis==
==University of California, Davis and Pepper Spray Controversy==
Katehi was appointed [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] by the [[University of California Board of Regents]] on May 7, 2009, effective August 17, 2009. Her appointment was controversial, in part due to the University of Illinois admissions scandal and questions over the size of her pay and benefits package. She holds UC Davis faculty appointments in electrical and computer engineering and in women and gender studies. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/|title=Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi|publisher=UC Davis|accessdate=2010-06-21}}</ref> Katehi charged a committee with creating a new "Vision of Excellence" for the school.<ref name="vision">[http://vision.ucdavis.edu/ Vision of Excellence]</ref> She also launched several [[blue ribbon committee]]s: [[tech transfer]] and commercialization,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/blue_ribbon-tech_transfer/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Tech Transfer and Commercialization]</ref> research,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/blue_ribbon-research/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Research]</ref> [[information technology]] excellence,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/information_technology/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Information Technology Excellence]</ref> and organizational excellence.<ref>[http://oe.ucdavis.edu/ Organizational Excellence]</ref> Katehi also created the Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series to bring together distinguished scholars and government leaders who promise intellectual spark and enriching engagement with our academic community<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/colloquium/ Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series]</ref> As of 2009, Katehi's base annual salary was $400,000.<ref>Dateline staff (May 15, 2009). [http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=11488 Regents OK Katehi appointment, salary] UC Davis News and Information</ref>
Katehi was appointed [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] by the [[University of California Board of Regents]] on May 7, 2009, effective August 17, 2009. Her appointment was controversial, in part due to the University of Illinois admissions scandal and questions over the size of her pay and benefits package. She holds UC Davis faculty appointments in electrical and computer engineering and in women and gender studies. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/|title=Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi|publisher=UC Davis|accessdate=2010-06-21}}</ref> Katehi charged a committee with creating a new "Vision of Excellence" for the school.<ref name="vision">[http://vision.ucdavis.edu/ Vision of Excellence]</ref> She also launched several [[blue ribbon committee]]s: [[tech transfer]] and commercialization,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/blue_ribbon-tech_transfer/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Tech Transfer and Commercialization]</ref> research,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/blue_ribbon-research/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Research]</ref> [[information technology]] excellence,<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/information_technology/ Blue Ribbon Committee on Information Technology Excellence]</ref> and organizational excellence.<ref>[http://oe.ucdavis.edu/ Organizational Excellence]</ref> Katehi also created the Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series to bring together distinguished scholars and government leaders who promise intellectual spark and enriching engagement with our academic community<ref>[http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/colloquium/ Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series]</ref> As of 2009, Katehi's base annual salary was $400,000.<ref>Dateline staff (May 15, 2009). [http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=11488 Regents OK Katehi appointment, salary] UC Davis News and Information</ref>


Revision as of 00:24, 28 November 2011

Linda P.B. Katehi
Sixth Chancellor
Assumed office
August 17, 2009
Personal details
Born (1954-01-30) January 30, 1954 (age 70)
Greece
ResidenceDavis, California
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens, Greece
UCLA
ProfessionElectrical Engineering

Pisti Basile "Linda" Katehi-Tseregounis (Greek: Πιστἠ Βασιλικἠ "Λἰντα" Κατἐχη-Τσιριγκοὐνη, born January 30, 1954) is a Greek-American engineer and university administrator. Since 2009, she has served as the sixth chancellor of the University of California, Davis.[1]

Early life and education

Katehi was born in Athens and grew up on Salamis Island in Greece. She received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1977.

Katehi was present at the uprising against the dictatorial regime that occurred at that university in 1973, an uprising that was violently crushed on November 17 by a combined military and police force sent by the regime.[2]

She came to the United States in 1979, then earned a master’s degree and doctorate in electrical engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, in 1981 and 1984, respectively.[3]

Work

Katehi's work in electronic circuit design has led to numerous national and international awards both as a technical leader and educator, 19 U.S. patents, and an additional five U.S. patent applications. She is the author or co-author of 10 book chapters and about 650 refereed publications in journals and symposia proceedings.[4]

A member of the National Academy of Engineering, she chaired until 2010 the President’s Committee for the National Medal of Science and the Secretary of Commerce’s committee for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. She is a fellow and board member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of other national boards and committees.[5]

In April 2011, Katehi was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6] She is also on the Board of Directors of John Wiley & Sons.[7]

Previously held positions include the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, and associate dean for academic affairs and graduate education in the College of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.

Katehi has mentored more than 70 postdoctoral fellows, doctoral and master’s students in electrical and computer engineering. Twenty-two of the forty-four doctoral students who graduated under her supervision have become faculty members at research universities in the United States and abroad.

University of Illinois and Admissions Scandal

Before coming to UC Davis, Katehi served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she oversaw the admissions office during much of the time period that came to be investigated as part of the University of Illinois clout scandal, although only indirect evidence of involvement in improper student admissions arose.[8]


University of California, Davis and Pepper Spray Controversy

Katehi was appointed chancellor by the University of California Board of Regents on May 7, 2009, effective August 17, 2009. Her appointment was controversial, in part due to the University of Illinois admissions scandal and questions over the size of her pay and benefits package. She holds UC Davis faculty appointments in electrical and computer engineering and in women and gender studies. [9] Katehi charged a committee with creating a new "Vision of Excellence" for the school.[10] She also launched several blue ribbon committees: tech transfer and commercialization,[11] research,[12] information technology excellence,[13] and organizational excellence.[14] Katehi also created the Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series to bring together distinguished scholars and government leaders who promise intellectual spark and enriching engagement with our academic community[15] As of 2009, Katehi's base annual salary was $400,000.[16]

In response to acts of hate and intolerance on campus in 2010, Katehi launched the Hate-Free Campus Initiative to reaffirm the campus’s values and commitment to one another.[17] The initiative included creation of "Beyond Tolerance Tuesday," collaboration with the Museum of Tolerance, and the creation of a speakers series and the Civility Project, which began with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Under Katehi's leadership, UC Davis co-hosted the Governors' Global Climate Summit 3: Building the Green Economy in November 2010.[18] Participants included Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Environment Programme. The summit’s focus was to continue to build subnational collaboration on policies and strategies to stimulate economic growth, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, create green jobs, promote clean energy solutions and reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

2011 Occupy protest

Main article: Occupy UC Davis

On November 18, 2011, Katehi ordered Occupy movement protesters on the UC Davis campus to remove their tents from the quad. When a group of non-compliant protestors refused to move, campus police officers pepper sprayed them.[19] Eleven protesters received medical treatment; two were hospitalized.[20] The incident led to further protests and calls for Katehi's resignation from the UC Davis Faculty Association,[21] the UC Davis Department of English,[22] and a majority of the faculty of the UC Davis physics department,[23] among others. Katehi stated that she will not step down, instead encouraging the development of public discussion of the matter.

On November 19, Katehi called for creation of a task force to review the incident and report their findings and recommendations within 90 days.[24] Katehi said she took "full responsibility for the incident" and placed two officers and the chief of campus police on administrative leave.[25] Katehi and State Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez requested an outside investigation, and Mark G. Yudof appointed former Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton to head the investigation.[26]

Calls for Resignation

In the wake of the pepper spray controversy, U.C. Davis faculty, students, alumni, and donors, along with tens of thousands of signers of a petition on the website change.org, have called for Chancellor Katehi to resign.

References

  1. ^ "Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi". UC Davis. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. ^ "Katehi speech at UC Davis rally". Youtube. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Alumnus Linda Katehi". The University of California. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  4. ^ "Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi". UC Davis. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  5. ^ "Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). UC Davis. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  6. ^ "UC Davis: News & Information". UC Davis. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  7. ^ "Wiley: Directors and Officers". Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  8. ^ "University of Illinois scandal ripples to California". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  9. ^ "Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi". UC Davis. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  10. ^ Vision of Excellence
  11. ^ Blue Ribbon Committee on Tech Transfer and Commercialization
  12. ^ Blue Ribbon Committee on Research
  13. ^ Blue Ribbon Committee on Information Technology Excellence
  14. ^ Organizational Excellence
  15. ^ Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series
  16. ^ Dateline staff (May 15, 2009). Regents OK Katehi appointment, salary UC Davis News and Information
  17. ^ Hate-Free Campus Initiative
  18. ^ Governors' Global Climate Summit 3: Building the Green Economy
  19. ^ "California university launches inquiry into pepper spray of protesters". CNN. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  20. ^ "UCD to review pepper-spraying, clearing of protesters". Davis Enterprise. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  21. ^ "UC-Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi Denies Resignation, Says the 'University Needs Me'". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  22. ^ "Department of English, UC Davis". Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  23. ^ "Letter to Chancellor Linda Katehi of UC Davis from a group of Physics Department faculty calling for her resignation". All Education Matters. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  24. ^ "Task Force Created To Review Pepper Spray Incident". KCRA-TV. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  25. ^ Stetler, Brian (November 21, 2011). Campus Police Chief Put on Leave in Pepper Spray Incident. New York Times
  26. ^ Gordon, Larry (November 23, 2011). Bratton to lead investigation of UC Davis pepper-spraying. Los Angeles Times

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