Provost Donald J. Foss has been appointed to serve as interim vice president for research for the University of Houston and vice chancellor for research and intellectual property management for the UH System, effective July 1.

The appointment was announced by Jay Gogue, UH president and UHS chancellor.

Foss will continue to serve as senior vice president for academic affairs at UH and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs for UHS.

A search committee has been interviewing candidates to fill the vice president of research position vacancy created by the departure of Arthur C. Vailas, who assumed the presidency of Idaho State University July 1. The committee recently submitted a list of four names to Chancellor Gogue for his consideration.

Eric Gerber
egerber@uh.edu