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University of Nebraska Board of Regents UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION University of Nebraska Board of Regents James B. Milliken, J.D. President, Univ. of Nebraska System Randolph Ferlic, M.D. Chuck Hassebrook Howard Hawks Jim McClurg, Ph.D. Omaha Lyons Omaha Lincoln CORNHUSKERS Drew Miller, Ph.D. Bob Phares Kent Schroeder, J.D. Charles S. Wilson, M.D. Papillion North Platte Kearney Lincoln NEBRASKA Mike Eiberger Matt Schaefer Dan Connealy Steve Massara Nebraska-Kearney Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska-Medical Center Nebraska-Omaha 42 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION HARVEY JOSEPHINE PERLMAN POTUTO Nebraska • 1963 Rutgers' Douglass College • 1967 • Chancellor • Faculty Representative (Sixth Year) (10th Year) • Juris Doctorate, Nebraska (1966) • Juris Doctorate, Rutgers (1974) Harvey Perlman was named the 19th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto, the Richard H. Larson Professor of Constitutional Law, has on April 1, 2001. He had served as Interim Chancellor of the University of Nebraska- been Nebraska’s faculty representative to the NCAA and Big 12 Conference since May Lincoln since July 16, 2000. 15, 1997. A former dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law (1983 to 1998), Perlman has In January 2003, Potuto was appointed to hold one of the Big 12 Conference’s also served as interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL (1995-96). three seats on the NCAA Division I Management Council, the chief administrative and Perlman, a Nebraska native, was raised in York, Neb., and earned a bachelor of arts legislative body of Division I. She also has been a member of the Division I Committee in history and a juris doctorate from the University of Nebraska. During his law school on Infractions (COI) since 1998 and serves as the committee chair. The COI meets six years, he was editor in chief of the Nebraska Law Review and was elected to the Order times annually to conduct hearings, make findings of culpability and impose sanctions of the Coif, a law honors society. on institutions for violations of NCAA bylaws. He joined the NU law faculty in 1967 after spending a year as a Bigelow Teaching Potuto also serves as a member of the executive committee of the Division IA Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. He served on the Nebraska law faculty Athletics Representatives and serves on a committee to review NCAA rules governing until 1974 when he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia Law School. He returned enforcement, infractions and waiver processes. Among her Big 12 Conference committee to Nebraska in 1983 when he responsibilities, Potuto serves on the Conference Administrative Committee. She is Nebraska's Chancellors accepted the deanship of the the conference liaison to the Faculty 1871-1876 — Allen R. Benton Nebraska Law College, a post Nebraska's Faculty Reps Athletics Representatives Association he held until 1998 when he (FARA), where she also served as 1876-1882 — Edmund B. Farfield 1931-1946 — T.J. Thompson returned to the professoriate. the Division I representative on the 1884-1889 — Irvin J. Manatt He has also served as a visiting 1947-1958 — Earl Fullbrook executive committee. In 2002, Potuto 1891-1895 — James H. Canfield professor at Florida State 1959-1964 — Charles S. Miller was named Outstanding Faculty 1895-1899 — George E. MacLean University College of Law, 1965-1968 — Merk Hobson Athletics Representative by the All- 1900-1908 — E. Benjamin Andrews the University of Puget Sound 1969-1970 — John R. Davis American Football Foundation. 1908-1927 — Samuel Avery School of Law and the University 1971-1982 — Keith L. Broman Potuto is an expert on issues related 1927-1938 — E.A. Burnett of Iowa College of Law. 1982-1997 — James O'Hanlon to gender equity in collegiate sports 1938-1946 — Chauncey S. Boucher His area of legal expertise 1997-present — Josephine Potuto and generally on the NCAA enforcement 1947-1953 — R.G. Gustavson lies in torts and intellectual and infractions process. In Fall 2004 1953-1954 — John K. Selleck property. He is a member of the Potuto testified before the House 1954-1968 — Clifford Hardin Nebraska State and American Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding due process in NCAA infractions hearings. 2006-07 1968-1971 — Joseph Soshnik Bar Associations. He is a With regard to other current issues in sports, Potuto is a past adviser to the Uniform Law 1972-1975 — James H. Zumberge member of the Council of the Commissioners Committee to draft a sports agent statute, and she also drafted rules 1975-1976 — Adam C. Breckenridge American Law Institute. He is governing search and seizure and hearings for the Nebraska Racing Commission. 1976-1980 — Roy A. Young a commissioner of the National At Nebraska, Potuto is an ex officio member of the academic senate’s intercollegiate 1980-1981 — Robert H. Rutford Conference of Commissioners athletics committee and of the subcommittee to evaluate academic support services. She 1981-1991 — Martin A. Massengale on Uniform State Laws. He is co- also served on Nebraska’s NCAA site certification steering committee. Potuto was project 1991-1991 — Jack Goebel author of ‘Intellectual Property director and a drafter of the Uniform Law Commissioners Sentencing and Corrections 1991-1995 — Graham B. Spanier and Unfair Competition’ (5th Act, as well as the drafter for the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee to Draft Criminal 1995-1996 — Joan R. Leitzel* edition, 1998) and co-reporter Jury Instructions. She is the author of three books and numerous articles. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 1996-2000 — James Moeser for the ‘Restatement of Unfair Potuto teaches constitutional, procedural and criminal law as well as a course in 2000-2001 — Harvey S. Perlman* Competition’ (1994). In February sports law. She joined the Nebraska law faculty as an assistant professor in 1974 and 2001-present — Harvey S. Perlman 2002, Perlman was named a was named to the Larson professorship in 1988. Potuto has been a visiting professor of * Interim Chancellor Life Fellow of the American law at the University of Arizona, Rutgers University, the Cardozo College of Law at New Bar Foundation. Fellow status York’s Yeshiva University, the University of Oregon, the University of North Carolina, and denotes an individual who has Seton Hall University. While on sabbatical during the 1983-84 academic year, Potuto was demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of his or her community and is an assistant prosecutor in the Essex County (Newark, N.J.) prosecutor’s office. She also committed to the highest principles of the legal profession. Only the top one-third of spent five summers working in the prosecutor’s office in Morris County, N.J. one percent of the legal profession is eligible for nomination as a Fellow. Potuto earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at Rutgers’ Douglass College At the University of Nebraska, he was chair of the search advisory committee for and her master’s degree in English literature at Seton Hall in 1971. She received her chancellor in 1991, chairs the Nebraska Bioethics Advisory Panel, and is a member juris doctorate at the Rutgers Law College in 1974. She is a member of the bar of the of the Nebraska State Fair Board and the Bowl Championship Series Presidential U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Oversight Committee. Courts for Nebraska and New Jersey. Perlman and his wife, Susan, an NU alumna, are the parents of two daughters. Anne, who earned degrees from UNL and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, practices medicine in Lincoln. Amie, who graduated from UNL in May 2002, graduated from the UNL School of Law in Spring 2006. He and Susan enjoy the company of two grandchildren, Will and Ava. 43 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION reached the NCAA title game for the fifth time in school history. The volleyball team's runner-up finish tied the rifle program for the best national team placing on the year, STEVE while the women's outdoor track and field (fourth) and women's gymnastics (fifth) teams each finished in the top five. Individually, Nebraska student-athletes have flourished in recent years, including PEDERSON 37 Huskers earning 48 All-America certificates last season. Arturs Abolins won both Nebraska • 1980 the men's indoor and outdoor long jump national titles and Dace Ruskule won a title in the discus, while Kristina Fehlings (air rifle) rounded out the Huskers' trio of national • Athletic Director champions. Christina Houghtelling (volleyball) and Lindsay Baker (bowling) were named (Fourth Year) national player of the year following outstanding seasons in their respective sports, and John Cook (volleyball) was named the national coach of the year by his peers. Pederson has pushed the Huskers to uphold their unparalleled tradition and remain at the forefront in the classroom as well as on the field. Last year, 11 Cornhuskers earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, raising Administrative Excellence Nebraska's NCAA-leading total to 233, 59 more than the closest school. Over two • Athletic Director, Nebraska (2003-Present) semesters last year, 479 student-athletes earned Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll accolades with a 3.0 or better grade-point average, while 126 Huskers claimed • Athletic Director, Pittsburgh (1996-2002) academic All-Big 12 honors and 111 earned their degree. • Nebraska Associate A.D. for Football Operations (1994-96) Pederson is an award-winning athletic director with experience at four prominent • Tennessee Associate A.D. for Football Operations (1993-94) Division I schools. A tireless worker with a contagious winning attitude, Pederson has • Tennessee Assistant A.D. for Recruiting (1992-93) implemented his vision for the future of Nebraska, which includes three vital components • Tennessee Football Recruiting Coordinator (1991-92) to success: a staff that will outwork the competition; enhancing facilities in order to attract the nation’s best student-athletes; and a unified approach to enable student- • Ohio State Football Recruiting Coordinator (1988-91) athletes to succeed in all facets of life.
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