May 16, 2006: Volume 67, Number 8

Interim dean of Arts and Sciences named

David M. Hayes, professor of chemistry who is finishing his 30^th year at Union this term, has been named interim dean of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.

"Along with being an excellent teacher and scholar, Dave has served the College on nearly every committee in the governance system, most recently as science division chair on the Faculty Executive Committee and as chair of the Compensation Committee," said Therese McCarty, interim dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs, in announcing Hayes' appointment this week.

"He also has served as department chair in chemistry for five years. I am very much looking forward to working with him in this new capacity."

Hayes succeeds Charlotte Borst, who becomes provost of Rhodes College in Memphis this summer. McCarty thanked Borst for her years of service to Union. "Charlotte's many contributions are very much appreciated," she said.

A member of the Union faculty since 1976, Hayes has a range of teaching experience in general chemistry and the physical chemistry sequence.

His research interest is mechanistic organometallic photochemistry.

He holds an S.B. in chemical physics from MIT (1966) and a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry from Cornell University (1970). He completed postdoctoral fellowships in theoretical chemistry at the University of Rochester and at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. He taught for a year in Lima, Peru, at the National Engineering University.

"I welcome this wonderful opportunity to work with the faculty to advance academic programs and move the College forward," Hayes said. "I think there'll be interesting, good things happening in the academic arena at Union." 

Hayes, who grew up on Portland, Oregon, lives in Niskayuna with his wife, Susan, a former chemistry teacher who is manager of quality assurance at Starfire Systems in Malta, N.Y. They have three grown sons.

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