VOLUME 12, NO. 2     JANUARY 1999

Welcome The New VPs

evin Kelly and Thomas J. Lynch III are WPI's newest vice presidents and the latest additions to the President's Cabinet.

Kelly was appointed associate vice president for enrollment management. He earned a bachelor's degree in English at Western New England College in Springfield, Mass., and comes to WPI from Dean College in Franklin, Mass., where he was vice president for enrollment services. His extensive admissions experience includes positions as dean of admissions at Northeastern University, senior associate director of admissions at Boston University, and assistant director of admissions at Western New England College. At WPI he is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive enrollment marketing plan that will include communicating the unique and global mission of the University in the recruitment of a talented and diverse population.

Lynch was named vice president for information technology. In this newly created WPI post, he will work with appropriate members of the administration, faculty and advisory groups to provide vision, leadership, strategic planning and coordination of all aspects of information technology, including computing, media and library services, networking and telecommunications. He is also responsible for budget and management of the daily operations for these technology departments, including technical support and training, overall information systems development, and hardware/software acquisition.

Lynch received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an M.S., E.E. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT. He comes to WPI from Domain Solutions Corp., formerly Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) Software Products, and BBN Systems and Technologies Corp., where he spent 10 years in senior technical and management positions, most recently as corporate vice president for customer services. He was previously employed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.