Lauren R. Wilson – Provost, Zayed University

EDUCATION

B.S.  - Baker University, Kansas 1958 (majors, chemistry and physics, minor mathematics)
Ph.D - The University of Kansas, 1963 (major, chemistry, minors, mathematics and metallurgy)

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009- 2011 - Consultant in Higher Education, United States and the Middle East
2008- 2009 - Director of Madares Al Ghad project, Ministry of Education, UAE
2003- 2008 - Provost and Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs, Zayed University, UAE
2002- 2003 - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Zayed University, UAE
2000- 2002 - University of Iowa Law School-primary fund raiser for a capital campaign
1995 - 2000 - President and Professor of Chemistry, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
1994 - 1995 - Interim Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Asheville
1987 - 1995 - Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Chemistry, UNCA
1986 - 1987 - Executive Assistant to the President, Ohio Wesleyan University
1985 - 1986 - Acting Provost, Professor of Chemistry, Ohio Wesleyan University

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

Homer C Lucas University Professorship, Ohio Wesleyan University 1986 - 1987
Ella F. Dunham University Professorship, Ohio Wesleyan University 1974 - 1984
Shankland Award for the Encouragement of Young Teachers, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967
Ohio Academy of Science Fellow, elected 1971
Danforth Associate, elected 1974
Sigma Xi, National Scientific Honorary Research Fraternity, elected 1963
Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Honorary Chemistry Fraternity, elected 1960

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
 
Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges 1987 - 1995 (one of the founders of this group and a spokesperson for it for eight years)
Council of Undergraduate Research
   Councilor - elected 1991 -2005
   Member, 1985 -present
   Chair of National Consulting Service
   Coordinator of Divisional Consultations
Association of American Colleges and Universities
American Association of Higher Education
American Association of University Professors
American Chemical Society
Chemical Education Division, Curriculum Committee for Inorganic Chemistry 1973 - 1976
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi
Ohio Academy of Science, 1964 - 1987
Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC), 1964 - 1987