Fall 2000 Newsletter

The Newsletter of the Williams College Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Alumnae/i Network

In this issue...

Mitchell Anderson '83

Stephen Collingsworth

Nancy Roseman, Professor of Biology, Named Dean of the College

President Morty Schapiro is not the only new leader assuming control of the College this summer. Out associate professor of biology Nancy Roseman became dean of the College in July, taking the place of Peter Murphy, who will return to the English Department.

This past winter Interim President Vogt notified Nancy of her appointment to the Deanship, a position which has been always filled from within the ranks of the current faculty. Chosen faculty hold the position for 3-4 years.

Nancy joined the Williams faculty in 1991. She has served on the Faculty Steering Committee, the Committee on Educational Policy, the advisory committees for Biochemistry and Women's Studies and chaired the Lecture Committee. She also played an instrumental part in the process that led to the hiring of Williams first LGBT Concerns Coodinator, Stephen Collingsworth.

Peter Murphy expressed great confidence in his successor. "I think that Nancy is simply the best person for the job," Murphy said. "She is smart and decisive and is genuinely interested in student lives in all their many dimensions." But Nancy said that she has a lot to learn. "I think nothing can compare or really prepare you for being dean of the College, because it's so broad," Roseman said. She described herself as a "proto-dean."

While still new at the game, Nancy shared some of the issues she would like to address in her coming tenure with BiGALA members this past April at the Women's Reception, part of the on-campus reunion. One of her concerns is the residential housing system and "how to maintain and continue to build this place and its community spirit."

Despite her new responsibilities, Roseman plans to continue her own research. She has a National Science Foundation grant for the next two years, and is committed to maintaining her biology laboratory. "It may kill me, but I'm going to do it."

(The preceding is condensed from an article in The Williams Record).

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