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Philip J. Hanlon - Curriculum Vitae
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Donald J. Lewis Professor of Mathematics
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
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Education
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1981
Advisor: Olga Taussky Todd
A.B. Dartmouth College 1977
Professional Career
University of MichiganProvost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs 2010-present
Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs 2007-2010
Associate Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs 2004-2007
Associate Dean for Planning and Finance
College of Literature, Science and the Arts 2001-2004
D. J. Lewis Professor of Mathematics2001-present
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
California Institute of Technology
Bantrell Fellow in Mathematics
1983-1986
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Instructor of Applied Mathematics 1981-1983
Administrative Roles at the University of Michigan
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs July 2010present
The provost is the chief academic officer and chief budget officer of the University of
Michigan-
Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan is a leading public research university with over
42,000
students and over 26,000 faculty and staff. The University s academic enterprise,
consisting of 19
schools and colleges and a number of free standing research units, libraries and museums,
occupies
over 16M square feet of space and is supported by a $1.6B general fund operating budget.
In this
context, the provost focuses on academic and research programs, the quality of students
educational experiences, budgeting, faculty and staff personnel concerns, resource
development,
and university and faculty governance.
Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs July 2004-June 2010
The Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs has major administrative and policy
responsibilities across a wide range of academic and budgetary areas. This person acts as
the
Provost s senior staff member in setting budgetary policy and allocating resources,
including the
University s General Fund Budget, University support for major capital projects, and
general fund
space and facilities. The Vice Provost works directly with deans and directors and their
senior staff
on matters related to budget, space and facilities, and financial support for academic
programs. The
Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs assists the Provost in presenting the
General
Fund Budget to the University leadership and in seeking approval from the Board of
Regents. In
addition, this person serves a number of other functions within the central
administration including:
helps craft communication and acts as a University spokesperson on matters related to
University budgeting
leads strategic assessments and reviews of units reporting to the Provost, including
schools and colleges
chairs the Enrollment Working Group, the committee charged with undergraduate
enrollment management
Several units report to the Vice Provost including the Office of Budget and Planning, the
Athletic
Department s Academic Success Program, the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
and
the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum.
Associate Dean for Planning and Finance, College of LS&A2001-2004
The College of LS&A is the University s largest and most complex college enrolling over
16,000
undergraduates and over 4,000 graduate students. The departments and programs in the
College
cover the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. The Associate Dean for
Planning and
Finance has responsibility for the budget of the College and for strategic planning
within the
College.
Other Administrative Experiences
Board of Directors, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers 2010-present
Board of Directors, Bentley Historical Library 2010-present
Chair, Presidential Task Force on Multidisciplinary Learning and
Team Teaching,
University of Michigan2004-2005
Key Client for the North Quad Project
2004-2010
The North Quad Project is an ambitious, mixed-use
facility that is a centerpiece of the President s Residential
Life Initiative. Occupants of this facility include a residence hall,
and five academic units from two colleges. The key client
speaks for the President in making decisions about the project
and so is charged with building consensus amongst the diverse
set of occupants on major facilities and programmatic issues.
Principal Organizer of a six-month program on Symmetric
Functions at the Isaac Newton Institute at Cambridge University2001
Member, UM Presidential Commission on Undergraduate Studies
2000-2001
Chair, Provost s Working Group on Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Learning 2000
Member, Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics 1997-2000
Chairman of Planning Committee1997-1999
The Board in Control advises the Director of Athletics on matters pertaining to the
Intercollegiate
Athletics program at the University of Michigan.
Founder and Executive Director, Michigan Math Scholars Program 1996-1999
This Program, now the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program, is a thriving residen
tial
summer program for high school students with a strong interest in math and science.
Member, Executive Committee,
College of LS&A1994-1997
The Executive Committee is an elected body, which represents the faculty of the College.
It has
authority at the College level on matters of appointment, tenure, and position
allocations. It is
advisory to the Dean on a broad range of other matters.
Search Committees for Administrative Officers at the University of Michigan:
Chief Financial Officer Search (co-chair) 2002-2003
Athletic Director Search (committee member) 2000
LS&A Dean Search (committee member) 1999
Chief Information Officer Search (committee member) 1995
Academic History
Honors, Awards and Invited Addresses
Donald J. Lewis Collegiate Professorship 2001-present
LS&A Excellence in Education Award 1997
Michigan Society of Fellows 1993-1996
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 1992
Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship (this University-wide award
recognizes outstanding contributions to undergraduate education) 1992-present
Canadian Mathematical Society Plenary Speaker 1992
Henry Russel Award 1990
American Mathematical Society Principal Speaker 1988
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship 1986-1988
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award1987-1992
Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College 1977
Visiting Positions
Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, England 2001
Mittag-Leffler Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 1992
Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifique, Bures-sur-Yvette, France 1988
University of Strasbourg 1988, 1993
Oxford University 1988
Center for Communications Research, Princeton 1984, 1986, 1990
Other Professional Activities
National Security Agency Advisory Board
This high level board reports directly to the Director of the NSA.
Board Member 1994-2007
Member of Mathematics Sub-panel 1994-present
Chair 1994-2006
Editorial Board Member for:
Transactions of the AMS 1992-2000
Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 1993-present
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 1996-present
Mathematical Reviews Editorial Committee
Chairman 1992-1995
Council of the American Mathematical Society 1992-1995
FOCUS Advisory Committee 1989-93, 2007
This group advises the President and CEO of the Institute for Defense
Analyses on the performance of IDA s communications research division
Research Interests
Algebraic Combinatorics, Discrete Probability, Bioinformatics, Theoretical Computer
Science
PhD Dissertations Supervised (all students are in Mathematics)
Curtis Coker, graduated in 1988
Dale Darrow, graduated in 1992
Steve Fischer, graduated in 1993
William Doran, graduated in 1994
Iztok Hozo, graduated in 1994
Julie Kerr, graduated in 1995
Mark McKerihan, graduated in 1998
Patrick Bidigare, graduated in 1999
Graham Denham, graduated in 2000
Morgen Bills, graduated in 2002
William Correll, graduated in 2002
Dean Chung, graduated in 2003
Erik Ferragut, graduated in 2003
Scott Kravitz, graduated in 2004
William Lorenz, graduated in 2005
Sarah Crown, graduated in 2007
Publications