The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the appointment of a number of key university administrators.

At the May board meeting the Executive Committee approved the appointments of Winnie F. Taylor, professor of law at the Cornell Law School, as associate provost; Edward J. Lawler, professor of organizational behavior in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as dean of the ILR School; and Philip E. Lewis, acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as dean of the college. The trustees also approved the reappointment of Henrik N. Dullea as vice president for university relations and Glenn C. Altschuler, professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.

Taylor will assume duties and responsibilities of Joycelyn R. Hart, associate vice president for human relations, who is retiring from the university on June 30. Taylor will lead the Cornell Office of Equal Opportunity and Office of Human Relations and serve as the university's chief affirmative action officer. As associate provost, she also will work on issues that affect academic personnel and programs.

Taylor is a 1972 graduate of Grambling State University with a major in political science. She earned her J.D. in 1975 from the State University of New York School of Law at Buffalo and LL.M. in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin School of Law.

Lawler succeeds David B. Lipsky, who is returning to the faculty. Lawler has served as a professor of organizational behavior in the ILR School since 1994, although his association with the school began in 1978 when he was a visiting professor. He was a visiting associate professor at ILR in 1981 and served as a visiting fellow at the school in 1990. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from California State University, Long Beach, in 1966 and 1968, respectively, and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1972.

Lewis succeeds Provost Don M. Randel to the post. Before becoming acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Lewis was an associate dean under two consecutive deans. He has served on the faculty of the college's Department of Romance Studies since 1968 and was the department's chair for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He earned his bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1964 and his doctorate from Yale University in 1969.

Dullea, who became vice president in 1991, previously served for more than eight years as director of state operations and policy management for then-Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. He received his B.A. in government from Cornell in 1961 and his Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University in 1982.

Altschuler served as associate dean for advising and alumni affairs and as adjunct professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences before being named dean and professor of American Studies in 1991. He received his B.A. in 1971 from Brooklyn College and his M.A. in 1973, and in 1976 he received his Ph.D. from Cornell.

At the May board meeting the Executive Committee approved the appointments of Winnie F. Taylor, professor of law at the Cornell Law School, as associate provost; Edward J. Lawler, professor of organizational behavior in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as dean of the ILR School; and Philip E. Lewis, acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as dean of the college. The trustees also approved the reappointment of Henrik N. Dullea as vice president for university relations and Glenn C. Altschuler, professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.

Taylor will assume duties and responsibilities of Joycelyn R. Hart, associate vice president for human relations, who is retiring from the university on June 30. Taylor will lead the Cornell Office of Equal Opportunity and Office of Human Relations and serve as the university's chief affirmative action officer. As associate provost, she also will work on issues that affect academic personnel and programs.

Taylor is a 1972 graduate of Grambling State University with a major in political science. She earned her J.D. in 1975 from the State University of New York School of Law at Buffalo and LL.M. in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin School of Law.

Lawler succeeds David B. Lipsky, who is returning to the faculty. Lawler has served as a professor of organizational behavior in the ILR School since 1994, although his association with the school began in 1978 when he was a visiting professor. He was a visiting associate professor at ILR in 1981 and served as a visiting fellow at the school in 1990. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from California State University, Long Beach, in 1966 and 1968, respectively, and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1972.

Lewis succeeds Provost Don M. Randel to the post. Before becoming acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Lewis was an associate dean under two consecutive deans. He has served on the faculty of the college's Department of Romance Studies since 1968 and was the department's chair for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He earned his bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1964 and his doctorate from Yale University in 1969.

Dullea, who became vice president in 1991, previously served for more than eight years as director of state operations and policy management for then-Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. He received his B.A. in government from Cornell in 1961 and his Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University in 1982.

Altschuler served as associate dean for advising and alumni affairs and as adjunct professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences before being named dean and professor of American Studies in 1991. He received his B.A. in 1971 from Brooklyn College and his M.A. in 1973, and in 1976 he received his Ph.D. from Cornell.