# National Council of University Research Administrators

NCURA, founded in 1959, is an organization of individuals with professional interests in the administration of sponsored programs (research, education and training), primarily at colleges and universities.

## The formation of NCURA (1958–1960)

The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) was initiated in 1958 to aid in the evolution of the profession of Research Administration from that of a part-time job performed by persons with other primary duties into that of a full-time profession with specific requirements. NCURA has been the premier professional association for university research administrators since that time.

## Governance

The Council is governed by the Board of Directors, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, Executive Director, seven regional elected representatives, four at-large members, and up to three presidential appointments.

### Presidents

    1967 William Wheadon, Syracuse University
    1968 Donald Murray, University of Pennsylvania
    1969 Raymond Woodrow, Princeton University
    1970 Sidney Roth, New York University
    1971 George R. Holcomb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    1972 David Bacon, Stanford University
    1973 John F. Adams, Georgia State University
    1974 Clark A. Mccartney, University of Southern California
    1975 Perry B. Hendricks Jr., Pacific Lutheran University
    1976 Eric R. Rude, University of Wisconsin
    1977 Harold B. Hunnicutt, Arizona State University
    1978 Margery E. Hoppin, University of Iowa
    1979 Truman F. Cook, Southern Methodist University
    1980 Dennis W. Barnes, University of Virginia
    1981 Frederick Sudermann, Wichita State University
    1982 Anthony Merritt, University of Pennsylvania
    1983 Mark Elder, University of Oklahoma
    1984 Edward L. Maccordy, Washington University in St. Louis
    1985 Earl J. Freise, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    1986 Mary Ellen Sheridan, Binghamton University
    1987 Allen J. Sinisgalli, Princeton University
    1988 Julie T. Norris, University of Houston
    1989 Jane A. Youngers, University of Rochester
    1990 Frederick Bentley II, Stanford University
    1991 Stephen Erickson, Harvard University
    1992 Ardis M. Savory, University of South Carolina
    1993 Henry O. Hooper, Northern Arizona University
    1994 Steven H. Smartt, Vanderbilt University
    1995 Richard P. Seligman, University of California, Los Angeles
    1996 Kim Moreland, University of Kansas
    1997 Steve Hansen, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
    1998 Mary Husemoller, University of Nevada, Reno
    1999 Cheryl Lee Howard, Johns Hopkins University
    2000 Nancy Wilkinson, Emory University
    2001 Regina H. White, University of Vermont
    2002 John Case, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    2003 Robert J. Killoren Jr., Pennsylvania State University
    2004 Patrick W. Fitzgerald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    2005 Jerry Fife, Vanderbilt University
    2006 Laura Wade, University of Houston
    2007 Pamela Whitlock, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    2008 David Mayo, California Institute of Technology
    2009 Denise Clark, University of Maryland, College Park
    2010 Dave Richardson, Pennsylvania State University
    2011 Judy Fredenberg, University of Montana
    2012 Dan Nodquist, Washington State University
    2013 Patricia Hawk, Oregon State University
    2014 Vivian Holmes, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    2015 Michelle Vazin, Vanderbilt University
    2016 Robert Andersen, University of Wisconsin Madison
    2017 Barbara Gray, East Carolina University
    2018 Georgette Sakamoto, University of Hawaii
    2019 Anthony Ventimiglia, Auburn University

## Activities

    The NCURA Annual Meeting is a meeting of the NCURA membership. The meeting is a three-day program of concurrent, sessions, discussion groups, and plenary sessions with an additional one to one and a half days of intensive workshops.
NCURA sponsors four on-campus workshops: Fundaments, Financial Research Administration, Departmental Research Administration, and Sponsored Projects Administration II—to travel to campuses across the country and world.

## Publications

NCURA Magazine is a member only magazine available both in print and online for all NCURA members, published 6 times a year .
Research Management Review is a scholarly journal, concerned with issues affecting the administration of research and the research environment at the national and international levels.

## Membership

Regular membership is available for individuals engaged in administration of sponsored programs in a university or research institution. Associate membership is Available to other individuals whose work is related to the administration of such programs. Emeritus membership is available after their retirement to those who have been members for five years. There are also student affiliates.

## Regions

NCURA’s members are organized into eight geographically based regions.