The President (Vice Chancellor) of Dalhousie wrote to all Dalhousie faculty on June 3 to advise us that the university is now looking for someone to fill the office of Vice-President (Academic) and Provost. A consulting service has been hired to conduct the search. Faculty have been asked to nominate candidates for this position, by way of the consulting service. Since some readers of this list have shown interest in or held positions of this kind, I would be most pleased to nominate anybody I know who is currently interested and qualified for the job. We have been told that nominees can be from anywhere in the world. Note that the current Dean of Science at Dalhousie (who reports directly to the Vice-President (Academic)) is a mathematician. Needless to say, everybody involved in the process promises confidentiality which I further extend. Rj Wood