October 2001 University Reporter

Chancellor Jo Ann Gora named Professor Arthur McEwan interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs on September 14.

MacEwan has been a faculty member of the UMass Boston Economics Department since 1975. He served as chair of the department in 1977-79 and 1983-86, and has been active on several committees in the College of Arts and Sciences, including the college personnel committee. He has served as vice president of the faculty staff union since 1990, grievance officer from 1991, and acting president in both the spring of 1992 and the fall of 1997. In his faculty-staff union work, he has become familiar with faculty across the university and with personnel procedures at every level.

He also has gained experience with numerous issues as they affect each of the colleges individually.

MacEwan received his doctorate from Harvard University, where he was the recipient of the Wells prize in economics. He was a faculty member there for seven years prior to joining the UMass Boston faculty. He is the author of four books, joint editor of three others, and author of numerous professional papers. He is the receipt of fellowships from the German Marshall Fund and the Social Science Research Council. Much of MacEwan’s scholarly work has been devoted to international economics. He was a research associate at the Harvard Center for International Affairs for five years, spent two years in Pakistan at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, and has been a consultant to the International Labor Organization of the United Nations.

Gora Appoints Interim Provost