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Committee notices

The following changes, corrections and additions have been made to information in the 1996 NCAA Committee Handbook. The handbook is the official source of information about NCAA committees until October 1996, when the 1996-97 NCAA Directory will be published. Changes are effective immediately unless otherwise noted.

Council

Division II -- Appointed to replace Royce Money, Abilene Christian University, resigned: Kent Wyatt, President, Delta State University, Box A-1, Cleveland, Mississippi 38733.

Presidents Commission

Robert Lawless, president at University of Tulsa instead of Texas Tech University, effective May 1, 1996. He now serves as a Division I-A Independent representative on the Commission.

Council-appointed committees

Committee on Financial Aid and Amateurism: F. A. "Andy" Geiger. Ohio State University, appointed effective September 1, 1996, to replace Morgan J. Burke, Purdue University, resigned.

Richard P. "Rick" Dickson, Washington State University, appointed effective September 1, 1996, to replace Charles Harris, no longer at Arizona State University.

Committee on Review and Planning: Irvin D. Reid, president, Montclair State University, appointed effective March 25, 1996, as the Presidents Commission representative.

Special Events Committee: Appointed the following to six new positions approved by action of the 1996 annual Convention:

Division I-AA -- Samuel Q. Baker, Georgia Southern University; Marino H. Casem, Southern University, Baton Rouge; Charles Harris, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Division I-AAA -- John Iamarino, Sun Belt Conference; Chris Monasch, Northeast Conference; Mary Jo Warner, George Washington University.

Also, Kenneth L. Schweitzer no longer will serve on the committee since he is retiring from the U.S. Air Force Academy in July. The position will not be filled because there is another Western Athletic Conference representative on the committee (John R. "Bobby" May of Rice University) and because the Southwest Conference (in which Rice formerly held membership) no longer exists.

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee: Division III, Region 2 -- Margaret E. Trainor, Rosemont College, appointed to replace Lynne M. Kraskouskas, Bryn Mawr College, effective September 1, 1996.

Sports committees

Division II Women's Basketball Committee: Appointed Melanie Heitman-Nelson, North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, to replace Barbara J. Schroeder, Regis University (Colorado), resigned.

Football Rules Committee: Richard H. Tomey, University of Arizona, appointed to replace Terry Donahue, University of California, Los Angeles, resigned.

Men's and Women's Golf Committee: Patti Butcher, Grand Valley State University, appointed to replace Jill L. Hirschinger, now at the University of New Hampshire instead of Ferris State University.

Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee: Pat Richter, University of Wisconsin, Madison, appointed to succeed Richard B. Comley, Northern Michigan University, upon expiration of his term September 1, 1996. Joseph A. Marsh, St. Lawrence University, was appointed earlier to replace Comley as chair, also effective September 1.

Men's Soccer Committee: Schellas W. Hyndman, men's soccer coach, Southern Methodist University, appointed to replace John B. MacKenzie, Quincy University, resigned from the committee.

Division II Women's Volleyball Committee: Joan McDermott, formerly at Morningside College, accepted position as volleyball coach and senior woman administrator at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Donna K. Palivec, Bemidji State University, appointed to serve as the North Central region representative on the committee, replacing McDermott, whose new institution is in the Northwest region.

Joan Boand, Grand Valley State University, appointed as the Great Lakes region representative, replacing Jill L. Hirschinger, resigned from Ferris State University.

Convention committees

Credentials and Memorial Resolutions Committees: Reappointed all current members (see page 62 of the NCAA Committee Handbook for listings) for one more year.

Voting Committee: Hugh A. Wolf, Indiana University-Purdue University, resigned as the District 4, Division II representative (page 62 of the handbook). Other members of the committee have been reappointed.