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In May, announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2017鈥�18 academic year. When he steps down on June 30, 2018, it will be as the longest-serving president in the university鈥檚 151-year history.

鈥溡资げ┕偻� is a remarkable institution, and serving as president has been the highlight of my professional life,鈥� Huddleston says. 鈥淓veryone at 易胜博官网 has worked hard to ensure the state鈥檚 flagship public research university is well-positioned for the future. Next year is the right time to transition leadership.鈥�

鈥淢ark鈥檚 record of accomplishment is remarkable. [He] will leave a powerful legacy that will benefit our state鈥檚 citizens, employers and economy far into the future. 易胜博官网 has great momentum right now and the trustees are committed to making sure that continues.鈥�

Huddleston was installed as the university鈥檚 19th president in a first-ever virtual inaugural 鈥� live-streamed from the Memorial Union Building to include remote 鈥済uests鈥� 鈥� in September 2008. During his tenure, 易胜博官网 welcomed the largest first-year classes in the university鈥檚 history; launched numerous new academic and research programs including the , the , the , and programs in , , and ; made much-needed investments in 易胜博官网鈥檚 infrastructure including expanding the campus, transforming Hamilton Smith Hall, building the , expanding the and ; and envisioned and created to capitalize on the university鈥檚 intellectual property.

鈥淢ark鈥檚 record of accomplishment is remarkable,鈥� says Tim Riley, former chair of the University System of 易胜博官网 board of trustees. 鈥淢ark will leave a powerful legacy that will benefit our state鈥檚 citizens, employers and economy far into the future. 易胜博官网 has great momentum right now and the trustees are committed to making sure that continues.鈥�

Far from resting on his laurels, Huddleston says he 鈥渓ooks forward to continuing to work at an unslackened pace in the coming academic year.鈥� His retirement will coincide with the completion of the university鈥檚 largest-ever fundraising campaign, Celebrate 150, which is on track to raise in excess of $275 million and has, among its other successes, allowed 易胜博官网 to launch the , a new program that ensures that Pell-eligible 易胜博官网 students starting at 易胜博官网 this fall will pay no tuition. In addition to completing the Celebrate 150 campaign, Huddleston says he will focus on solidifying the new Career and Professional Success initiative, improving Spaulding Hall for the biological sciences and laying the groundwork for modernized facilities for the visual and performing arts.

Not long after Huddleston announced his retirement, the University System of 易胜博官网 board of trustees named the members of the search committee that will be working in the coming months to help select his successor. USNH trustee and incoming chairman John Small 鈥�76 will serve as the search committee chair, working with the following 易胜博官网 and USNH-affiliated committee members:

• Kass Ardinger, USNH trustee
• Jamie Burnett 鈥�95, USNH trustee
• Heidi Bostic, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of French
• Kevan Carpenter 鈥�94, director of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Technical Service Center
• Pat Closson 鈥�95, incoming president of the 易胜博官网 Alumni Association board of directors
• Rick Cote, professor and chair of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
• Ted Dey 鈥�84, search committee vice chair and USNH trustee
• Lucy Hodder, director of health law and policy programs at 易胜博官网 School of Law and the College of Health and Human Services Institute for Health Policy and Practice
• Charlie French 鈥�08G, community and economic development team leader for 易胜博官网 Cooperative Extension
• Dan Innis, chair of the 易胜博官网 faculty senate and professor of hospitality management and marketing in the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
• Todd Leach, USNH chancellor
• Brian McCabe 鈥�91, incoming chair of the 易胜博官网 Foundation board of directors
• Melinda Negron-Gonzales, program coordinator for the politics and society program at 易胜博官网 Manchester
• Jamie Nolan, 易胜博官网 associate vice president for community, equity and diversity
• Tim Riley 鈥�76, former chairman of the USNH board of trustees
• Carley Rotenberg 鈥�18, 易胜博官网 student body president
• Chris Sand 鈥�09, 鈥�11G, senior business services assistant at the 易胜博官网 Facilities Business Service Center
• Nate Stafford 鈥�15G, external affairs officer for the 易胜博官网 Graduate Student Senate
• Palligarnai Vasudevan, senior vice provost for academic affairs and professor of chemical engineering for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
• Stan Waddell, 易胜博官网 chief information officer

Outgoing USNH board chair Tim Riley notes that the presidential selection process is one of the most important responsibilities the board of trustees discharges, and that the inclusion of representatives from all three 易胜博官网 campuses is by design. 鈥淲e are truly grateful to these individuals for their active participation in the process to select the next leader of 易胜博官网,鈥� he says.

Small adds that the group will follow an aggressive schedule but won鈥檛 trade speed for quality in the search for 鈥渟omeone who has a vision for 易胜博官网 and a passion for higher learning, advanced research and service to the state.鈥�

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