Report of the President to the Board of Trustees
The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on April 3, 2007, April 10, 2007, April 17, 2007, April 24, 2007, May 1, 2007, May 8, 2007, May 15, 2007, and May 22, 2007, and were approved by the President.
APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIMEHedman, Gun-Britt M., Professor at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, effective 5/1/2007
Jardetsky, Theodore A., Professor of Structural Biology, effective 6/1/2007
Pedersen, Lasse H., Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Piotroski, Joseph D., Associate Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, effective 7/1/2007
Rodden, Jonathan, Associate Professor of Political Science, effective 9/1/2007
Shatz, Carla, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Neurobiology, effective 6/1/2007
Wang, Ban, Professor of Asian Languages, effective 9/1/2007
REAPPOINTMENTS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIMEKremer, Ilan, Associate Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Salisbury, John K., Professor (Research) of Computer Science and of Surgery, effective 9/1/2007
Sullivan, Edith V., Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective 6/1/2007
PROMOTIONS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIMEApplebaum, Mark, Associate Professor of Music, effective 9/1/2007
Como, David R., Associate Professor of History, effective 9/1/2007
Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino, Professor of Law, effective 6/1/2007
Dauber, Michelle L., Professor of Law and, by courtesy, of Sociology, effective 9/1/2007
Fan, Shanhui, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, effective 9/1/2007
Fisher, Ian, Associate Professor of Applied Physics, effective 9/1/2007
Humphreys, Keith N., Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective 5/1/2007
Lall, Sanjay, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, effective 9/1/2007
Mazieres, David, Associate Professor of Computer Science, effective 9/1/2007
Phills Jr., James A., Professor (Teaching) of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, effective 5/1/2007
Reich, Robert C., Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of Education, effective 9/1/2007
OTHER APPOINTMENTSBurgess, Alexis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Dal Bó, Ernesto, Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Graduate School of Business, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2012
Funk, Stefan, Assistant Professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and of Physics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Harding, Matthew, Assistant Professor of Economics, 6/1/2007 to 5/31/2007
Lawrence, Jesse F., Assistant Professor of Geophysics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Lindenberg, Aaron, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2011
Majumdar, Saikat, Assistant Professor of English, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Meltzer, Jamie, Assistant Professor of Art and 1Art History, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Sohn, Stephen H., Assistant Professor of English, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2011
Tormala, Zakary, Associate Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2012
Walton, Gregory M., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1/1/2008 to 12/31/2011
OTHER REAPPOINTMENTSAbramitzky, Ran, Assistant Professor of Economics, 8/1/2009 to 7/31/2010
Bailenson, Jeremy, Assistant Professor of Communication, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Bloom, Nicholas, Assistant Professor of Economics, 9/1/2009 to 3/31/2010
Brunet, Anne, Assistant Professor of Genetics, 6/1/2007 to 8/31/2007
Ceserani, Giovanna, Assistant Professor of Classics, 10/1/2007 to 9/30/2010
Crews, Robert D., Assistant Professor of History, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2010
Draganska, Michaela, Associate Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, 7/1/2008 to 6/30/2009
Francis, Christopher A., Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Fringer, Oliver B., Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Hansen, Peter, Assistant Professor of Economics, 9/1/2008 to 8/31/2009
Hussain, Nadeem, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of German Studies, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Jain, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, 8/1/2007 to 12/31/2008
Kazovky, Leonid G., Professor (Research) of Electrical Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2013
Levy, Doron, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Lew, Adrian, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Melosh, Nicholas A., Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Murray, Walter, Professor (Research) of Management Science and Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Pentcheva, Bissera, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Pruitt, Beth, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Root, Terry L., Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Biological Sciences, 2/1/2007 to 2/28/08
Schapiro, Tamar, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008
Sherlock, Gavin, Assistant Professor (Research) of Genetics, 4/1/2007 to 12/31/2009
Straight, Aaron, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2011
Tertilt, Michele, Assistant Professor of Economics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Weber, Thomas, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Weissman, Taschy, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2010
OTHER PROMOTIONSDekker, Cornelia L., Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2013
Fendorf, Scott E., Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, effective 7/1/2007
Goldsmith, Andrea, Professor of Electrical Engineering, effective 9/1/2007
Grey, Thomas S., Professor of Music, effective 9/1/2007
Henry, Peter B., Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, effective 7/1/2007
Jackman, Simon, Professor of Political Science, effective 9/1/2007
Denrell, Jerker C., Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Jacobson, Mark, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective 9/1/2007
Leslie, Phillip, Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, 8/1/2007 to 7/31/2010
Shin, Gi-Wook, Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, effective 9/1/2007
Simon, Michael, Professor of Biological Sciences, effective 9/1/2007
Sorensen, Alan T., Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, 8/1/2007 to 7/31/2010
Thrun, Sebastian, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, effective 9/1/2007
Tiedens, Larissa Z., Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Vakil, Ravi S., Professor of Mathematics, effective 9/1/2007
MEDICAL CENTER LINE PROFESSORIATE APPOINTMENTSThe following Medical Center Line Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods March 2007 and April 2007 were recommended by the Provost to the President of the University and were approved by the President.
PROMOTIONS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIMELe, Quynh-Thu, Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Stanford University Medical Center, effective 4/1/2007
Vogel, Hannes O., Professor of Pathology and of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, at the Stanford University Medical Center, effective 5/1/2007
OTHER PROMOTIONSCarrion, Victor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2012
Chang, Kiki, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2012
Gladstone, Hayes B., Associate Professor of Dermatology and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery) at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2012
Wijman, Christine A.C., Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2012
OTHER APPOINTMENTSAndreasson, Katrin I., Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2012
Blumenthal, Paul S., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2012
Chung, Benjamin I., Assistant Professor of Urology at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2010
Grimm, Paul C., Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2012
Laws, Edward R., Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2012
OTHER REAPPOINTMENTSAgarwal-Hashmi, Rajni, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, 5/1/2007 to 1/31/2011
Barnes, Patrick, Associate Professor of Radiology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 9/30/2007
Barr, Juliana, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, , 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2012
Biswal, Sandip, Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2010
Boakye, Maxwell, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 5/1/2007 to 1/31/2011
Bruckner, Anna, Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 12/1/2007 to 11/30/2008
Cho, S. Charles, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 5/31/2007
Damrose, Edward J., Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2011
Edler, Alice A., Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 7/31/2011
Fish, M. Pamela, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 4/1/2007 to 4/30/2007
Fontaine, Magali, Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2011
Golianu, Brenda, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 5/31/2007
Halamek, Louis P., Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 6/30/2007
Kambham, Neeraja, Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2011
Kanevsky, Max, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 7/31/2010
Keeffe, Emmet, Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/16/2007 to 4/15/2008
Olcott, Eric, Associate Professor of Radiology at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 5/1/2007 to 6/30/2007
Park, Jongsoo, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center and at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, 4/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Payne, Christopher K., Associate Professor of Urology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 7/31/2007
Ratner, Emily F., Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2008
Riley, Edward T., Associate Professor of Anesthesia and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 7/31/2007
Sanislo, Steve, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 7/31/2007
Sarinas, Priscilla S.A., Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 4/1/2007 to 5/31/2007
Spain, David A., Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 7/31/2007
Sundram, Uma N., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Dermatology at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2011
van der Starre, Pieter J.A., Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 1/31/2012
Welton, Mark L., Associate Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, 5/1/2007 to 7/31/2007
Williams, Glyn, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, 4/1/2007 to 5/31/2007
REPORT ITEMSFACULTY EMERITUS TITLES
Anderson, Rodney U., Jr., Professor (Clinical) of Urology, Emeritus, 4/16/2007
Egbert, Peter R., Professor of Ophthalmology, Emeritus, 5/15/2007
Eisen, Arnold M., Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and Religion, Emeritus, 7/1/2007
Fish, M. Pamela, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Emerita, 5/1/2007
Flanagan, Robert J., Konosuke Matsushita Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emeritus, 7/1/2007
Kraemer, Helena C., Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry, Emerita, 7/1/2007
Sheehan, James J., Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, 5/31/2007
EMERITI RECALLS
Anderson, Jr., Rodney U., Professor (Clinical) of Urology, Emeritus, 4/16/2007 to 2/28/2008
Cornbleet, P. Joanne, Associate Professor of Pathology, Emerita, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008
Dekker, George, Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, 4/1/2008 to 6/30/2008
Drake, Sandra, Associate Professor of English, Emerita, 4/1/2008 to 6/30/2008
Friedlander, Larry, Professor (Teaching) of English, Emeritus, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Goffinet, Don, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emeritus, 3/1/2007 to 2/29/2008
Gregory, Peter, Professor (Clinical) of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Emeritus, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Hackel, Alvin, Professor (Clinical) of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Emeritus, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008
Koran, Lorrin M., Professor (Clinical) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emeritus, 4/2/2007 to 4/1/2008
Rebholz, Ronald, Professor of English, Emeritus, 9/1/2007 to 12/31/2007
Sarnquist, Frank H., Professor of Anesthesia at Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008
Smith, Todd I., Professor (Research) of Physics and at the W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, 6/1/2007 to 5/31/2008
Wiederhold, Gio, Professor (Research) of Computer Science, Emeritus, 4/1/2007 to 6/30/2008
REPORT MATTERS
Endowed Chairs:
Adler, John R., Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, appointed Dorothy and Thye King Chan Professor, effective 6/14/2007
Albers, Gregory, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, appointed Coyote Foundation Professor, effective 6/14/2007
Berger, Jonathan, Associate Professor of Music, appointed the Billie Bennett Achilles Professor in Performance in the Department of Music, effective 3/1/2007
Davis, Mark, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, appointed the Burt and Marion Avery Family Professor, effective 6/14/2007
Gruenfeld, Deborah H., Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Moghadam Family Professor, effective 9/1/2007
Hakuta, Kenji, Professor of Education, appointed Lee J. Jacks Professor of Education, effective 6/1/2007
Kessler, Daniel P., Professor of Economics, Law and Policy in the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Research and Policy and of Law, appointed David S. and Ann M. Barlow Professor in Management in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Kim, Youn, Professor of Dermatology at the Stanford University Medical Center, appointed Joanne and Peter Haas Jr. Professor for Cutaneous Lymphoma Research, effective 6/14/2007
Kumar, Sunil, Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Fred M. Merrill Professor in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Zenios, Stefanos, Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Charles A. Holloway Professor in the Graduate School of Business, effective 9/1/2007
Administrative Appointments
Bucksbaum, Philip, Professor at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, of Applied Physics and of Physics, appointed Chair of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2010
Burchat, Patricia, Gabilan Professor, appointed Chair of Physics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Fearon, James D., Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, appointed Chair of Political Science, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Goulder, Lawrence H., Shuzo Nishihara Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, appointed Chair of Economics, 9/1/2008 to 8/31/2011
Hedman, Britt M., Professor at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, appointed Vice-Chair of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2010
Mazzeo, Rafe R., Professor of Mathematics, appointed Chair of Mathematics, 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2010
Other Items
Barron, Annelise, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, change in appointment start date from 12/1/2006 to 9/1/2007
Bryant, Zev D., Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Structural Biology, 3/1/2007 to 2/28/2011
Dweck, Carol, Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Education, change in courtesy appointment end date from 8/31/2009 to 8/31/2011
Fisher, Daniel S., Professor of Applied Physics, change in appointment start date from 9/1/2007 to 7/1/2007
Hanushek, Eric A., Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in the Hoover Institution, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Education, 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2012
Kastl, Jakub, Assistant Professor of Economics, change in appointment start date from 9/1/2007 to 7/1/2007 and in appointment end date from 8/31/2011 to 6/30/2011
Lai, Tze L., Professor of Statistics, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Health Research and Policy, 3/1/2007 to 2/28/2010
Mao, Wendy, Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences and at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, change in appointment start date from 9/1/2007 to 7/1/2007 and in appointment end date from 8/31/2011 to 6/30/2011
Milgrom, Paul R., Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor of Humanities and Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 4/1/2007 to 12/31/2011
Pencavel, John H., Pauline K. Levin-Robert L. Levin and Pauline C. Levin-Abraham Levin Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences reappointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 10/1/2006 to 12/31/2011
Skrzypacz, Andrzej, Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, change in appointment start date from 9/1/2007 to 6/1/2007
Tomlin, Claire, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, change in percent time employment from 80% to 100%, 1/1/2007 without limit of time
van Roy, Benjamin, Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2010
Wright, Gavin, William Robertson Coe Professor in American Economic History also reappointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 10/1/2006 to 12/31/2011
Wolak, Frank A., Professor of Economics, also reappointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 10/1/2006 to 12/31/2011



