November 4, 1998News and public issues
The current dean, Peter G. Thompson, is stepping down June 30, 1999, to resume teaching full-time after serving 13 years at the helm.
John C. Gaunt, dean of Architecture and Urban Design, will chair the committee. Other members are: Justin Autumn Bowles, Wichita senior; Carol Ann Carter, professor of art; Alice A. Darrow, associate professor of music and dance; Danielle Deyon Dempsey-Swopes, associate director, Equal Opportunity Office; Patrick John Dooley, assistant professor of design; Mary A. Jordan, associate professor of design; Michael W. Kimber, professor of music and dance; Paul Robert Laird, associate professor of music and dance; Frederick W. Pawlicki, operations director, Lied Center; Darcy Lee Prilliman, Bartlesville, Okla., graduate student; Roger Y. Shimomura, distinguished professor of art; and Joan P. Stone, instructor of music and dance.
The School of Fine Arts includes academic programs that encompass the visual and performing arts, including art, design, music and dance.
Story by Todd Cohen, University Relations, (785) 864-8858 or e-mail tcohen@ukans.edu