The Privatization of Public Universities: Implications for the Research Mission
July 19-21, 2006

Participants in the 10th Merrill Center conference
on the Research Mission of Public Universities

Keynote Speaker
John Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin

The University of Kansas
Robert Hemenway, Chancellor
Richard Lariviere, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost - Lawrence campus
Barbara Atkinson, Executive Vice Chancellor, KU Medical Center
Richard Barohn, Professor and Chair, Neurology Dept., KUMC

Jim Roberts, Vice Provost for Research and President, KU Center for Research
Joseph Steinmetz, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Jeff Aube, Professor, Medicinal Chemistry

Keith Yehle, Director of Government Relations


Iowa State University –Ames
John Brighton, Vice Provost for Research

University of Nebraska –Lincoln
Kimberly Espy , Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Donald P. Weeks, Professor and Head, Biochemistry Dept.

University of Missouri –Columbia
Brian Foster, Provost
Michael F. Nichols, Director, Office of Technology Management and Industry Relations

Kansas State University
M. Duane Nellis, Provost and Professor
Ron Trewyn, Vice Provost/Dean
Christopher M. Sorensen, University Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Physics

Merrill Board – The University of Kansas
Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Center
Robert Barnhill, Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology Transfer, University of Texas System
Richard Schiefelbusch, Director Emeritus, Life Span Institute
Steven Warren, Director of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies

Other Participants
Jeremey Anderson, Office of the Kansas Governor
Reggie Robinson, President and CEO, Kansas Board of Regents
Jean Schodorf, Kansas State Senator

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