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richard LARIVERE

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT • SECOND YEAR • IOWA, ‘72 Richard Larivere is in his second year as president of the University of Oregon, the state’s flagship institution of higher education. He officially began his role as president of the Eugene university on July 1, 2009, following three years as executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Kansas.

Lariviere succeeded Dave Frohnmayer, who had served as president of the state’s largest university since 1994. As the chief academic officer at Kansas, Lariviere had overseen the reorganization of the KU graduate school and the School of Fine Arts, as well expansion efforts to KU’s School of Pharmacy and student recruitment tools.

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country’s languages, histories, religions and culture.

In 1978, he earned his doctorate in Sanskrit from the University of Pennsylvania. While he has published articles and several books on Indian legal history, he has also tackled subjects ranging from religion in India to matrimonial remedies for women in classical Hindu law. He reads eight languages and speaks French and Hindi. He has conducted research in London, Oxford, Calcutta, Poona Kathmandu, Tokyo, Beijing, Lahore, Munich, Colombo, and Madras, as well as a host of smaller cities in India.

Prior to his tenure in Lawrence, Kan., Lariviere worked as dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin from 1999 to 2006.

During his tenure heading the nation’s largest college of liberal arts, the college’s rate of external research funding doubled, a $120 million capital campaign was completed, and more than 230 faculty members were hired.

Lariviere is a Fellow of the IC2 Institute, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, a life member of the American Oriental Society, and a founding member of the Society for Design and Process Science. In addition, he has augmented his experience in higher education by consulting for American and Indian companies in information technology and Business Process Outsourcing.

He has also served on corporate boards in the IT industry.

Lariviere’s scholarly roots extend around the world. After earning his bachelor’s degree in the history of religions from the University of Iowa in 1972, Lariviere and his wife, Janis, traveled to India for the first time.

Lariviere eventually built an impressive academic career around the

Lariviere’s wife, Jan Worcester Lariviere, has worked in science education at the University of Kansas and the University of Texas. The couple has one daughter, Anne Elizabeth, who graduated from Barnard College and lives in New York City.

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rob MULLENS

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR • FIRST YEAR • WEST VIRGINIA, ‘91 University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere announced today he has chosen Rob Mullens – deputy director of athletics at the University of Kentucky for the past four years – to become director of intercollegiate athletics at the UO. “Rob Mullens brings a deep reservoir of experience to the University of Oregon,” Lariviere said. “He has played key roles in managing large and complex organizations at the University of Kentucky and the University of Maryland, and those universities have flourished as a result. His management and financial expertise will be invaluable to the UO as our athletics department continues to thrive and secures its place as one of the preeminent programs in the nation.”

As deputy director of athletics, Mullens managed day-to-day operations of Kentucky’s 22-sport athletics department, with an annual operating budget of $79 million. His background is in accounting and auditing, and he has promoted sound fiscal management and self-sufficiency at the University of Kentucky. During his total of eight years at Kentucky, the athletic department’s operating budget has expanded by nearly 70 percent. Fundraising for the department has hit record levels each of the past seven years.

Mullens replaces longtime UO administrator and faculty member Lorraine Davis, who came out of retirement to serve as interim athletics director after Mike Bellotti resigned in March to become a college football analyst for ESPN television broadcasts. Mullens will begin his duties at the UO on or before Sept. 1.

Prior to being named deputy director of athletics at Kentucky, Mullens served as the university’s executive associate director of athletics from 2002 to 2006. He served at the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2002, starting as assistant director of athletics for business and ultimately as executive senior associate director of athletics and chief of staff.

He was senior athletics business manager at the University of Miami (Fla.) from 1994 to 1996, and prior to that he was an accountant/auditor at Ernst & Young in Raleigh, N.C. “Much will be expected of Rob Mullens as the university’s new athletics director, and based on his track record I am confident that he will be very successful at the University of Oregon,” Lariviere said. “Rob has been asked to develop a clear vision to maintain and advance the UO’s competitive advantages in fundraising, facilities development and recruitment and retention of student-athletes and staff. He will insure that the athletics department remains financially self-sufficient, while at the same time promoting an environment that helps each student athlete to succeed in the classroom as well as the field of competition.

“This is a period of important growth and change for the athletics department. A new basketball arena will open within a year and additional improvements are on the way for other athletics facilities.

It will be Rob’s role to not only oversee and promote future advances for the department, but to nurture the individual programs that will fill those outstanding venues.”

Mullens went to school at West Virginia University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in sport management. He and his wife, Jane, have two sons. He enjoys running and golfing.

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Jim Bartko Exec. Sr. Assoc. AD 21st Year

Renee’ Baumgartner Exec. Sr. Assoc. AD 22nd Year

Bob Beals Assoc. AD 13th Year

Mike Duncan Sr. Assoc. AD Third Year

Vin Lananna Assoc. AD Sixth Year

Jamie Moffitt Sr. Assoc. AD First Year

Mike Marlow Sr. Assoc. AD 13th Year

Herb Yamanaka Assoc. AD 51st Year

Bill Clever Exec. Asst. AD 12th Year

Leanne Brooks Asst. AD 13th Year

James Harris Asst. AD Fourth Year

Garrett Klassy Asst. AD Sixth Year

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Jeff Hawkins Sr. Assoc. AD 10th Year

Joe Giansante Sr. Assoc. AD Fourth Year

Gary Gray Sr. Assoc. AD 27th Year

Mark Ruckwardt Asst. AD Seventh Year

Angie Sit Asst. AD 11th Year

Dave Williford Exec. Asst. AD 26th Year