494 M.R.C.Greenwood

MRC Greenwood - Distinguished professor emerita, Nutrition (CAES), and Internal Medicine joined the UC Davis campus as Dean of Graduate Studies in 1989. While at UC Davis, her career took on additional and unique leadership roles and assignments. In 1993, Dr. Greenwood was appointed as the Associate Director for Science, in the Executive Office of the US President. In1998, she served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During this period, she also was appointed as a member of the Institute of Medicine (National Academies of Sciences). She chaired the Policy and Global Affairs division of the NRC at the National Academies of Sciences. Following her return from Washington, DC, professor emerita Greenwood next University of California assignment was as provost, and senior vice president for the Office of Academic Affairs in the UC Office of the President.  This service was followed ban appointment as Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz, where she served from 1996 to 2004. In her tenure at UC Santa Cruz, she oversaw the hiring of 250 new faculty members along with a significant expansion in its academic programs, including the nation's first NASA University Affiliated Research Center. In 2009, Dr. Greenwood retired from the UC system to assume yet another role. She was appointed as President of the University of Hawaii system, wherein she served for five years. From the perspective of the UC Davis Emeriti Association, we are pleased that following her retirement from the University of Hawaii, she returned to Davis, which she has always viewed as home. She is interviewed by her emeriti association colleague and friend, John Vohs, UC Davis Department of Communication