Morgan succeeds Manny Fernandez, who has filled the position since 2004. Morgan has served as vice chair since 2001.

One of the original members of the board when it was created in 2001, Morgan, of Windermere, also is a former member of the UF Foundation Board of Directors. Before retiring, she served as senior vice president of public affairs for Walt Disney World, where she was responsible for the company’s lobbying efforts, philanthropic programs; conservation initiatives and media relations. She attended the University of Florida and graduated from Rollins College with a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication.

Morgan also serves as a member of the board of directors for Orlando Regional Healthcare System and the Children’s Miracle Network. Her corporate board service includes Orlando-based CNL Hotels & Resorts.

Also one of the original UF board members, McGriff is a private investor in Jacksonville. He was president of Alliance Mortgage Co. from 1975 to 1989. He also is the former president of Florida Mortgage Bankers Association of Florida and a former chairman of the board of directors of Associated Industries of Florida. He graduated from UF with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1969 and received the UF Distinguished Alumnus award in 1993. McGriff served as one of the UF representatives to the University Medical Center Board from 1986 to1996 and served as CEO of the hospital from 1996 to 1999.

In this newly created position, she will develop and implement an evidence-based clinical curriculum in preventive dentistry and work to ensure preventive dentistry is integrated through all four years of the D.M.D. curriculum.

Autio-Gold is a clinical researcher specializing in dental cariology, the study of dental decay as a transmissible, infectious bacterial disease. Her skill set includes evaluation of preventive dentistry and development of oral health programs, caries risk assessment and minimally invasive restorative dentistry.

Autio-Gold earned her dental and doctoral degrees in cariology from the University of Oulu, Finland. She serves as secretary/treasurer for the International Association for Dental Research and is a member of the association’s Cariology Group. She also has served as chairwoman of the American Association for Dental Research Fellowship Committee.

Schaefer, chair of the music department at Gonzaga University, will begin his new position at UF on July 1, subject to approval by the UF Board of Trustees.

Schaefer has been the chair of music departments at Gonzaga and Marymount College of Kansas, and has administered or directed numerous institutes, festivals, new degree programs, strategic plans and councils in his academic career.

In his new position at UF, Schaefer will oversee College of Fine Arts educational activities, including student advising, curriculum development and academic programs, student recruitment, international programs, student awards and the New World School of the Arts affiliate program.

“The vitality of College of Fine Arts is based in its talented students and dedicated faculty. Dr. Schaefer brings a range of experience and interests that will complement the college and serve the students well in his position as associate dean for Academic and Student Affairs,” said Lucinda Lavelli, dean of the College of Fine Arts.

In his position as chair of the music department in the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit school in Spokane, Wash., Schaefer specializes in choral and organ studies and performance with a focus on religious music.

A full-professor since 1996, Schaefer has taught music at the college level since 1983. He received his doctorate in musical arts in 1985 from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and his master of Sacred Music and a master of music from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

He has written a number of books and research papers on the topic of Gregorian chant and the music of the Catholic Church. His work has taken him abroad to countries such as France, where he has both studied and led international choir trips.

“Adding Susan to our University Relations team will enable us to develop additional community relations programs and continue to build on the town-gown relationship that is so important to the University of Florida,” said Jane Adams, vice president for university relations. “She is a talented professional who has wide-ranging experience in all of the areas that are key to the success of University Relations.”

Crowley will be responsible for developing and implementing a UF community relations plan, representing UF to local governments and community organizations, partnering with Shands Healthcare and others on community initiatives, and supporting UF’s government relations efforts. Crowley also will serve as the director of the University of Florida Community Campaign, assuming the responsibilities of Jim Morgan, who retired earlier this year.

Crowley comes to UF from the Alachua County Medical Society, where she served as executive vice president for 11 years. Her responsibilities included organizational management, community relations, public and government relations and member services.

Long active in the Gainesville community, she has served on the Alachua County Health Care Board and been involved with the Healthy Community Initiative, Rotary Club of Gainesville, Junior League of Gainesville and Hospice of North Central Florida. She is president of Gainesville Women’s Forum.

Crowley is a graduate of the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in English.

A practicing ceramic artist whose work has shown in national and international exhibitions, Calluori Holcombe has focused her academic career on teaching, higher education administration and gallery management.

For six years, Calluori Holcombe had served as head of Kansas State University’s art department, where she is now a professor of art.

She will replace outgoing School of Art and Art History Director Marcia Isaacson, who will continue to serve as associate dean of the College of Fine Arts until her retirement in 2008.

“Anna Calluori Holcombe represents the rare combination of gifted administrator and dedicated artist. She brings years of national and international experience to the School of Art and Art History and a keen understanding of the vital role of the arts in educating students in a public research institution in the 21st century,” said Lucinda Lavelli, dean of the College of Fine Arts.

After graduating cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in art from Montclair (N.J.) State University, Calluori Holcombe attended Louisiana State University and received her master’s of fine arts in 1977. From there she pursued advanced graduate studies at Illinois State University.

Calluori Holcombe has taught on the staff of Jersey City (N.J.) State College; Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington; SUNY Brockport, where she served as acting chair from 1989 to 1990; and Kansas State University since 1998.

At Kansas State, a land grant research institution of 21,000 students, Calluori Holcombe led a comprehensive art department offering a B.A. in art history and in art education, and a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. in ceramics, painting, sculpture, metals, printmaking, drawing and all areas of visual communications, including photography from 1994 to 2000.

The UF School of Art and Art History has more than 33 faculty, 400 undergraduate majors and more than 100 graduate students. The diversity of both programs and degree offerings make the school a fully configured art school within the largest university in the southeast.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for me to work with the talented faculty and students at the University of Florida,” Calluori Holcombe said. “It is an exciting time for the School of Art and Art History and also for my professional career. I look forward to the challenges and rewards this will bring.”

He will oversee the center’s Cancer Clinical Trials Office.

“In this capacity, he will be a member of the executive committee that provides a vision and sets annual goals and the budget for the center,” said W. Stratford May, M.D., Ph.D., UFSCC director. “His expertise as a cancer clinical trials expert will enhance our capacity to develop new and novel therapies for patients with cancer.”

Allegra also will serve as professor and chief of the hematology/oncology division at UF’s College of Medicine and continue as co-director of the Foundation Research Program for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project as a means of rapidly expanding UF clinical trial offerings.

“Offering state-of-the-art therapy to our patients through the conduct of clinical trials that leverage the latest technologic and scientific advances will be a critical area of expansion and Development at the University of Florida,” Allegra said.

Most recently, he served as chief medical officer for the Network for Medical Communication and Research and, before that, worked for nearly 20 years at the National Cancer Institute, starting as a senior investigator and then as section chief of Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology at the NCI’s Medicine Branch. In 1991 he was named chief of the NCI’s Navy Medical Oncology Branch. He later served as deputy director of the NCI’s Division of Clinical Sciences as well as chief of the NCI’s Medicine Branch. In 2000, he was named vice deputy director for extramural sciences.

Allegra’s studies have led to improved understanding of how cancer grows resistant to anticancer drugs. In addition, he has spearheaded research to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy agents. He is presently the principal investigator of an NSABP-led study to determine the benefit of adding an anti-angiogenic antibody to standard chemotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of patients with colon cancer.

Allegra also patented a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drug therapy for the treatment of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, once the most common cause of death in patients with HIV.

He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he completed his residency. He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.

He has authored or co-authored more than 240 publications and serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals. Allegra holds several U.S. and foreign patents and is a member of the FDA’s Oncology Drug Advisory Committee, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research.

Russell succeeds Dale Canelas, who retired as director of libraries Feb. 1. Deputy director John Ingram has been serving as interim director.

The position is being elevated from director to dean to reflect the increasing importance of library and information services to the academic and research missions of the university, said Provost Janie Fouke.

“The new dean of libraries will help us to integrate information resources across the university and, most importantly, help us identify the campus library needs for the next decade,” Fouke said. “I fully expect Ms. Russell to play a substantial role in helping to secure the resources necessary to support the campus needs.”

Russell has extensive experience with print and electronic resources, and she said she plans to expand and improve UF library services and facilities for both media.

Russell holds a master’s degree in library science from The Catholic University of America and a bachelor’s degree from Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross. She started working for the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1991 as director of the Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services. She also has served as deputy director of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

As superintendent of documents, Russell led a staff of 220 staff and managed a $70 million annual department income. Russell said she decided to pursue a position in academia after working with academic and research libraries during her time with the U.S. government.

“I was attracted by the challenge of leading the libraries of a major university into the future,” Russell said. “I look forward to serving such a large and diverse population.”

Her annual salary at UF will be $185,000.

Morris, professor and chairman of the department of epidemiology and preventive medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and interim dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health, will lead a campuswide effort to anticipate, understand and control the emergence of new, disease-causing microorganisms.

“We are delighted that a scientist with Dr. Morris’ credentials has accepted our offer to lead the unique talent at the University of Florida in addressing this important health issue,” said Win Phillips, UF’s vice president for research. “UF already has top scientists in this field, but we anticipate being able to develop even more effective solutions by bringing together scientists from multiple disciplines in unique collaborations.”

Morris said he is looking forward to joining the University of Florida team working to fight emerging pathogens.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity and I’m looking forward to working with my new colleagues to do some great things,” Morris said. “Florida has laid the groundwork for a world-class institute in this critically important area, and created a setting in which we can form the multidisciplinary teams that are essential to deal with new infectious agents — in humans, animals and plants — as they arise.”

Morris, 55, received his bachelor’s degree from Rice University in Houston and his medical degree and a master’s in public health and tropical medicine from Tulane University in New Orleans. He maintains an active, National Institutes of Health-funded research program working in the area of molecular genetics and molecular epidemiology.

“Glenn truly is one of the greatest minds in emerging pathogens today, really a top performer in his discipline,” UF President Bernie Machen said. “His talent and the amazing research team we already have in place puts UF’s emerging pathogens program on the fast track.”

Hundreds of UF researchers on campus and at research centers throughout the state are already working with plant, animal and human disease-causing microorganisms. Citrus canker and West Nile Virus are just two examples of emerging pathogens that have affected Florida’s public health and economy.

UF researchers began developing the framework for the Emerging Pathogens Institute last year. Since then, the university has secured state funding for an approximately 100,000-square-foot building to house the institute and hired several top researchers.

Morris began his career at the Centers for Disease Control, where he focused on cholera and other water- and food-borne diseases. He has served on numerous National Academy of Sciences food safety committees and was part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture team that helped rewrite the nation’s food inspection regulations.

Morris’ recent research has included work with viruses known as bacteriophages that invade bacterial cells and cause bacteria to self-destruct. Bacteriophages are re-emerging as an alternative to antibiotics for treating infection because specific phages can be used to attack specific bacteria and bacteria are less likely to develop resistance to them.

Dr. Bruce C. Kone, 49, chairman of the department of internal medicine at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, is slated to begin work May 15, according to Dr. Douglas J. Barrett, UF senior vice president for health affairs.

Kone was one of four candidates named in February as finalists to succeed outgoing dean Dr. C. Craig Tisher, who will return to the faculty after five years in the post.

An accomplished scientist and kidney specialist whose research the National Institutes of Health has funded continuously for two decades, Kone also has a reputation as a champion of medical and graduate education.

“I believe Bruce Kone is the perfect fit to sustain our national prominence in medical education and to build on the work Craig Tisher has done to lead the college to elite status in research and clinical activities,” Barrett said. “Bruce stood out in a field crowded with talented candidates in part because he’s so well-rounded.”

His appointment is a bit of a return engagement for Kone, who earned his medical degree with honors in research at UF and later joined the faculty as an assistant professor of medicine in the early 1990s.

“I’m very excited and humbled by my selection,” Kone said. “I was attracted by the opportunity to come back to my medical school alma mater and serve it in this way. I’ve been extremely impressed with the faculty, students and trainees and the enormous potential of the institution.”

Kone graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where he was captain of the swimming team. After medical school, he completed a residency in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and fellowship training in nephrology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

Kone joined UT-Houston’s medical school as an associate professor in 1995 and was appointed chairman of the department of internal medicine in 2004. He is chief of the internal medicine service at the school’s teaching hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was also medical director of patient care management. In addition, he served as chief of the nephrology section at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Kone’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of inflammation, injury and repair to the kidney, blood vessels and intestine, and he has authored more than 80 original scientific articles. He is a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American College of Physicians.

He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society, and has been active in the leadership of American Heart Association programs focused on the kidney’s role in cardiovascular disease. Involved in medical education at all levels, he is a four-time winner of his school’s award for excellence in teaching.

Barrett said he was impressed by Kone’s efforts to enhance faculty diversity at UT-Houston by recruiting racial and ethnic minorities and women.

“Dr. Kone didn’t just talk about the importance of diversity and equity in the faculty,” Barrett said. “He put strategies in place that led to positive change.”

Kone and his wife, Daisy, have three daughters. He will be the eighth dean of the UF College of Medicine, which was founded in 1956.

The college encompasses 26 clinical and basic science departments staffed by 882 faculty on the Gainesville campus and 311 faculty on the UF Health Science Center’s urban campus in Jacksonville. It attracts more than $200 million in external grants and contracts for research each year, part of a $630 million budget. The college is the leading educator of physicians, physician assistants and biomedical scientists for the state of Florida. In association with Shands HealthCare, College of Medicine faculty physicians in Gainesville and Jacksonville provide advanced medical care to residents of Florida and patients from around the world.

He will assume his new position May 1 when he succeeds Ken Gerhardt, who has been interim dean since 2004.

Frierson has held a variety of administrative positions at UNC since he joined the faculty in 1974, including serving as an associate dean of the graduate school there from 1990 until 1996.

“Dr. Frierson has been at the forefront of graduate education in this nation for years,” UF Provost Janie Fouke said. “His ideas about mentoring graduate students and helping faculty with that task are exactly in alignment with what UF needs to be attending to in its quest to increase its stature among the country’s finest graduate programs.” Frierson’s annual salary will be $200,000.

Frierson, who received his doctorate in educational psychology at Michigan State University, hopes to promote an education program for UF undergraduates to encourage more to go to graduate school, including summer research programs for students who are good prospects for graduate study.

He also believes in a strong focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduate programs and a strong effort to attract well-prepared international students.

An avid supporter of increasing the number of underrepresented minority doctoral students, Frierson played an integral part in developing outreach and support programs that have made UNC a national leader in minority graduate enrollment.

Frierson couldn’t be happier about coming to Gainesville.

“In my eyes, the dean of The Graduate School position at the University of Florida is the best of its kind in the country,” he said. “Although I have been at the University of North Carolina for a long time, I am rather looking forward to knocking the tar off my heel and becoming a Gator.”

Wubah has held a variety of positions at James Madison since 2000, including associate dean, professor of biology and pre-med coordinator. Previously, he was a professor and chairman of the biology department at Towson University in Baltimore.

“Dr. Wubah understands the extraordinary strength of the undergraduate population at the University of Florida, and he agrees with me that we need to leverage that for the benefit of each individual student and also for the benefit of the state of Florida,” Fouke said.

Wubah will be paid $150,000 a year and will start work July 1.

At James Madison, Wubah has helped to develop undergraduate curriculum, new programs and academic units, and international programs, including an undergraduate research program that is one of only two in Africa funded by the National Science Foundation.

He designed and established a program that pays the full cost of attending James Madison for students from low socio-economic backgrounds or are the first in their families to attend college – a program similar to UF’s Florida Opportunity Scholars program. Wubah also completed two programs that have smoothed the transfer of minority students in science and mathematics from community colleges to state universities in Virginia.

“A distinguished university is built on the quality of the people,” Wubah said. “With very bright students, an outstanding faculty, committed staff and a team of visionary leaders, University of Florida is poised to be one of the greatest institutions of higher learning in our nation. I am honored, thrilled and excited to join this renowned community and to work with my colleagues to elevate undergraduate education to national prominence.”

Wubah graduated from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and completed his graduate degrees from the University of Akron and the University of Georgia.

Kwolek-Folland came to the University of Florida in 2000 as the director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. She is a professor of history and women’s studies, and in 2005, she was named an associate dean in CLAS. Before joining the faculty at UF, she was director of graduate studies and associate professor in the history department at the University of Kansas.

Besides associate dean and director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Kwolek-Folland’s experience at UF has included chairing the NCAA Accreditation Subcommittee on Gender and Minority Equity, faculty representative on the Board for the University of Florida Foundation, and chairing the Provost and Faculty Senate Task Force on Faculty Quality of Life.

Kwolek-Folland received her B.A. in history and art history at the University of Missouri, Kansas City; her M.A. in history at Kansas State University; and her Ph.D. in history at the University of Minnesota.

Her duties will include serving as liaison with activities related to the Board of Governors and the Chancellor’s office and with issues related to faculty policy and assessment such as tenure and promotion, grievances and sustained performance. She also will participate in the Academic Personnel Board and assist in representing the administration in the Collective Bargaining activities.

Dankner was director of finance and administration of WUFT for 14 years before taking the helm at AM850 and Rock 104 in October 2000. While at WUFT, Dankner served on the advisory boards and panels of national public broadcasting organizations including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. He received the Award of Excellence from the Public Broadcasting Management Association for his creation and coordination of the Public Broadcasting Best Practices Benchmark Project.

In the interim position, Dankner also will serve on the boards of the Florida Association of Broadcasters, Florida Public Broadcasting Service and the National Educational Television Association.

Dankner has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida and is a graduate of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Executive Management Institute Training.

Public broadcasting stations WUFT-TV/DT and WUFT/WJUF-FM, as well as commercial radio stations WRUF-AM850 and WRUF-FM, Rock 104 are housed in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and serve as training facilities for telecommunication students in the college.

Ingram came to the University of Florida in 1994 as the chair of the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections. In 2000, he was named director for Collections and in 2004, deputy director duties were added to his role as director for Collections. Before joining the faculty at UF, he was research archivist and curator of special collections at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Ingram’s experience at UF has included chairing UF’s Preservation of Historic Buildings and Sites Committee for eight years. He continues to serve as a member of that committee. Ingram is the current chair of the Council of State University Libraries Collection Planning Committee and also has served on the CSUL’s Electronic Collections Subcommittee.

He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Russian language and literature from Fordham University and his doctorate in Slavic linguistics from Brown University.