SEPTEMBER 5,
2019
MSU WELCOMES
NEW PRESI
DENT
On
Aug.
1,
Michigan
State
University
welcomed
Samuel
L.
Stanley
Jr.,
M.D.,
as
its
21st
president.
The
MSU
Board
of
Trustees
unanimously
selected
Stanley
at
a
special
meeting
May
28
after
a
national
search.
“
Dr.
Stanley
is
an
empowering,
compassionate
and
thoughtful
leader,
who
will
work
tirelessly
alongside
our
students,
faculty,
staff,
alumni,
trustees
and
broader
Spartan
community
to
meet
the
challenges
we
face
together
and
build
our
future,”
says
Dianne
Byrum,
chairperson
of
the
MSU
Board
of
Trustees.
Last
August,
the
trustees
appointed
an
18-member
search
committee,
co-chaired
by
Byrum
and
Melanie
Foster,
MSU
trustee.
As
part
of
a
national
search,
the
committee
solicited
input
through
22
campuswide
input
sessions
and
an
online
submission
form
for
community
members
to
share
their
ideas
on
the
characteristics
they
desired
for
Michigan
State’
s
next
president.
The
committee
used
those
comments
as
the
basis
for
the
Presidential
Prospectus
and
the
criteria
by
which
the
committee
evaluated
each
candidate.
“
I
am
proud
to
j
oin
the
Spartan
community,”
says
Stanley.
“
MSU
is
a
university
with
the
scope
and
scale
that
few
others
possess.
We
provide
extraordinary
opportunities
for
learning,
partnering
and
discovering
solutions
to
prepare
the
next
generation
of
citizens,
scientists
and
leaders
and
to
make
a
better
Michigan
and
world.
“
I
know
the
Spartan
community
has
been
profoundly
troubled
by
the
events
of
the
past
years
that
have
shaken
confidence
in
the
institution.
We
will
meet
these
challenges
together,
and
we
will
build
on
the
important
work
that
has
already
been
done
to
create
a
campus
culture
of
diversity,
inclusion,
equity,
accountability
and
safety
that
supports
all
of
our
endeavors.
I
am
so
excited
about
MSU’
s
legacy
as
the
pioneer
land-grant
university,
its
remarkable
progress
over
this
decade
and
its
amazing
potential
for
the
future.
I
believe
our
best
days
are
ahead,
and
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
be
a
part
of
this
extraordinary
j
ourney.”
Stanley
previously
served
as
the
president
of
Stony
Brook
University
from
July
1,
2009
to
July
31,
2019
and
has
nearly
15
years
of
higher
education
leadership
experience.
After
earning
his
medical
degree
from
Harvard
Medical
School,
he
completed
his
resident-
physician
training
at
Massachusetts
General
Hospital.
He
then
went
to
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
for
a
fellowship
in
infectious
diseases,
eventually
becoming
a
professor
in
the
Departments
of
Medicine
and
Molecular
Microbiology
and
one
of
the
nation’
s
highest
recipients
of
NIH
funding.
He
was
appointed
vice
chancellor
for
research
at
Washington
University
in
2006,
serving
in
that
position
until
he
was
appointed
president
at
Stony
Brook.
“
Dr.
Samuel
Stanley
is
an
outstanding
physician
and
an
accomplished
leader
in
higher
education.
He
is
deeply
committed
to
access
and
equity,
and
he
has
leveraged
the
premier
Educational
Opportunity
Program
to
provide
thousands
of
qualified
students
the
chance
to
pursue
their
educational
goals,”
says
Robert
Jones,
chancellor
at
the
University
of
Illinois.
“
It
was
a
pleasure
working
with
him
during
my
four
years
in
the
SUNY
system,
and
I
look
forward
to
collaborating
again
as
he
j
oins
Michigan
State
University
and
the
Big
Ten.”
“
Dr.
Stanley’
s
entire
career,
as
both
a
researcher
and
leader,
embodies
a
commitment
to
all
aspects
of
academic
excellence
and
demonstrates
his
assurance
that
students
are
at
the
center
of
his
mission,”
says
Foster.
“We
set
out
to
find
a
proven
leader
with
the
energy,
integrity
and
compassion
needed
to
lead
our
university,
and
we
found
one.”
Stanley
is
a
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Association
of
American
Universities
and
the
Association
of
Public
and
Land-Grant
Universities
and
recently
completed
terms
on
the
NCAA
Board
of
Directors
and
NCAA
Board
of
Governors.
He
served
for
seven
years
as
chair
of
the
National
Science
Advisory
Board
for
Biosecurity,
which
advises
the
United
States
government
on
issues
related
to
the
communication,
dissemination
and
performance
of
sensitive
biological
research.
In
addition
to
his
extensive
background
in
science
and
research,
Stanley
championed
student
achievement,
access
to
higher
education
and
advocating
for
more
state
and
national
funding
for
financial
aid
at
Stony
Brook.
He
also
has
been
an
international
advocate
for
gender
equity
and
ending
sexual
violence
in
his
role
as
one
of
two
U.S.
university
Impact
Champions
for
the
HeForShe
UN
Global
Solidarity
Movement
for
Gender
Equality.
Stanley
is
married
to
Ellen
Li,
M.D.,
Ph.D.,
a
distinguished
biomedical
researcher,
and
they
have
four
adult
children.
Learn
more
at
president.msu.edu.
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MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.
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