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August 14, 2008
U. of California Provost Heads to United Arab Emirates
Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume, provost and executive vice president for academic and health affairs for the University of California system, has been hired as provost of United Arab Emirates University, the system has announced.
Mr. Hume, a native of Australia, stepped in as the system’s chief operating officer following the resignation last year of the president, Robert C. Dynes. He oversaw several challenging initiatives, including a 10-percent budget cut for the office of the president.
Richard C. Blum, chairman of the university’s Board of Regents, told the San Francisco Chronicle in June that Mr. Hume had not sought the job of president. Mr. Hume said he agreed with the board’s desire to look outside the system, a plan that resulted in the hiring of Mark G. Yudof from the University of Texas system.
The move by United Arab Emirates University, the Persian Gulf nation’s premier research institution, follows a recent report that foreign universities are increasingly looking to elite American universities when hiring top administrators. —Paul Fain
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From the Bay Area to the UAE? Well, I guess he won’t have to worry about colorful free-thinkers on campus or agonizing over which wine to choose for dinner at Chez Panisse or the Zuni Cafe.
Musta been quite the financial package. I predict he will take his millions and retire to Paris, France, within two years, there to argue with other ex-pats over the relative merits of the Medjool, the Saidy, and the Deglet Noor.
— June Dania Quayle Aug 14, 12:57 PM #
Oh my June,
Bitter – party of 1? I’ve rarely seen such an unprofessional comment in a professional magazine. Dr. Hume was a great asset to the UC System and will be missed by many.
— James C Betbeze Jr Aug 14, 03:44 PM #
#1, What a) a totally irrelevant, b) virtually unintelligible, c) show-offy comment. Please go to another site. Professor Hume was a dedicated and extremely valuable leader at UC. We at UC will miss him and wish him well.
— Rob Aug 14, 03:52 PM #
I wish Professor Hume the best, but alert him to very, very different ways of conducting business in the UAE (compared to the USA). Despite the widespread use of English in the UAE, if he doesn’t speak/read Arabic, Prof Hume be hamstrung, particularly in financial matters.
— Dan Aug 14, 04:33 PM #
Dubai is the largest and most elaborate money laundering operation in world history. The Professor can now have his hand in the cookie jar. How profound.
— GD Meyer Aug 14, 07:39 PM #
I have worked in the UAE where appearances are most important. Sheik Nayan, Chancellor of Higher Education, is someone the new president will get to know and that will be an education in itself. My advice to him is that he shouldn’t pick a battle with an Emiratie as this will be the shortest route to an early return home.
— AC Aug 14, 08:28 PM #
Dear June Dania Quayle,
You obviously don’t know my husband. Firstly, he doesn’t drink wine and couldn’t find Chez Panisse in a fit. Second, he’s never done anything for money, otherwise he would have been a rich dentist, now retired, instead of being an academic and spending the last three years working for UC for 90 hours a week.
Thanks to the others who posted comments for the kind works and gentle advice.
Jenny Hume
— jenny hume Aug 15, 06:28 PM #
I know Rory and Jenny Hume well. The idea of them leaving their contented life and beloved family in pursuit of financial gain is ludicrous. Rory enjoys taking the bus to work and brown-bagging Zuni-quality, but homemade leftovers for lunch at his desk. Not the sign of a person who covets luxury.
What Rory could not resist was the unique opportunity to improve a university system that has the potential to effect profound change in the Middle East and the rest of the world for generations to come.
I wish them both the best of luck.
— Nancy Brandt Aug 16, 03:46 PM #
Way to go Jenny Hume! I like your spunk. Having worked in international education I am aware of the increasing number of opportunities in the Middle East for educatiors and administrators. What is wrong with a little collaboration and skill sharing? Not to mention the possiblity of learning about other cultures.
— Joan Robinson Aug 17, 05:35 PM #