Trustees appointed James F. Davis as interim director of the combined office through June 1996. A professor of chemical engineering and associate director for Academic Computing Services, Davis will lead UTS while the new unit takes on its future shape and while a search is conducted for a permanent director, said Edward Ray, senior vice provost and chief information officer. Davis said it is premature to discuss specific plans for the new office. However, my general plan is to start immediately on the process of merging ATS and University Systems, but in such a way that we maintain the stability of the services that are provided, while at the same time, internally, beginning to look at how we should be organized to function as a coherent group. None of the approximately 200 computing employees will be laid off because of the merger.
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