President R. Gerald Turner has named a 15-member search committee to replace Robert Blocker as provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Al Niemi, dean of the Cox School of Business, will chair the committee. The vice chair will be Larry Ruben, chair of Biological Sciences in Dedman College. The other members are:

* Mary Beard, Enrollment Services

* Rhonda Blair, Meadows School of the Arts, Theatre

* Greg Crespi, Dedman School of Law

* Robert H. Dedman Jr., Trustee

* John Hall, Enrollment Services

* Liz Healy, Student Trustee

* Alice Kendrick, Meadows School of the Arts, Advertising

* Radovan Kovacevic, School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

* Bill Lawrence, Dean, Perkins School of Theology

* David Meltzer, Dedman College, Anthropology

* Abraham Smith, Perkins School of Theology

* Lynne Stokes, Dedman College, Statistical Sciences

* Stephen Weisenberger, Dedman College, English

The first meeting of the committee will take place in August when classes resume for the fall semester.