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BARNES TO STEP DOWN AS SPEA DEAN
AT END OF 1999-2000 ACADEMIC YEAR
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A. James Barnes, dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, has announced that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2000. Appointed to the deanship in August, 1988, Barnes is also a professor at the school and teaches graduate courses in environmental law and ethics.
During his tenure as dean, SPEA has become the largest school of public affairs in the country and consistently earns high marks in national ratings. A system-wide IU school with programs on six campuses, SPEA led all IU schools last year in the annual rankings of graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report, and was listed third in the nation overall and first in environmental policy.
"We can all share with Jim Barnes, as he leaves the deanship at SPEA, great pride in the school's accomplishments and national recognition," said IU President Myles Brand.
"Through his leadership, SPEA has taken bold steps to address the myriad of challenges to society with the creation of several new research centers and institutes."
Under Barnes' leadership, the school was designated by Congress as the Midwest Center of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change. The dean also was instrumental in the establishment of the school's Center on Urban Policy and the Environment in Indianapolis, funded with a $8.5 million Lilly Endowment grant.
Barnes joined Indiana University after serving as deputy administrator and chief operating officer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
"Dean Barnes has more than fulfilled the extraordinary promise and vision that were evident when IU recruited him from the Environmental Protection Agency 12 years ago," commented Gerald L. Bepko, vice president for long-range planning and IUPUI chancellor.
"During his tenure as dean he has recruited outstanding faculty, focused on the school's planning, and improved quality at the school's six campus sites."
SPEA offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in public administration and environmental science. The school is multidisciplinary, melding social, natural, behavioral, and administrative sciences into each of its degree programs.
"The consistently high national ranking of SPEA, under Barnes' direction, is a credit to his emphasis on and dedication to high quality instruction and service to Indiana," said Ken Gros Louis, vice president for academic affairs and chancellor of the IU Bloomington campus. "When he steps down as dean next June, he will do so knowing that SPEA is well poised to maintain and build upon its national stature and many achievements."
Barnes is a trustee of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change and of America's Clean Water Foundation, and a member of the Center for Public Resources panel of arbitrators for resolving hazardous waste and other environmental disputes.
He earned his J.D., cum laude, at Harvard Law School, and his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University. He is the co-author of Law for Business, seventh edition, published in 1999, and Business Law and the Regulatory Environment, tenth edition, which was published in 1997.
In addition to serving as deputy administrator of the EPA, he also was previously general counsel for the EPA, general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and held other posts at the U.S. Department of Justice and EPA. Barnes was in private law practice with the Washington, D.C. firm of Beveridge, Fairbanks & Diamond, and began his career as an assistant professor at IU's Kelley School of Business.
A search committee will be formed and a national search will begin in the near future to identify candidates for the dean's position.