Research vice president leaving for Northwestern University

COLUMBUS -- C. Bradley Moore, the Ohio State vice president who shepherded the institution’s dramatic increase in research growth during the last three years, has accepted a similar position at Northwestern University. He starts that new post May 1.

After nearly 40 years as a faculty researcher and research administrator at the University of California, Berkeley, Moore came to Ohio State in July, 2000, to head an already strong research program. Earlier this year, he announced that university research awards reached $426 million, representing a 13 percent increase over last year’s totals but an 80 percent leap over what the university received in 1997-1998.

“All of the growth we have seen in recent years came directly from the tremendous success that our faculty has had in competing for grants at a national level,” Moore said. “Ohio State’s researchers have shown that they are equal to the challenges that face the state in the coming years. I am extremely proud of their accomplishments.”

In addition to the growth in research funding, Moore pointed with pride to the changes and improvements that have occurred in the university’s units which support research.

“We have great new leadership in these areas which will reinforce our faculty’s efforts. We are well on the way to bringing these programs to the level they must reach to serve the university in the future.”

Moore also cited as high points during his time at Ohio State the growth that multidisciplinary programs have experienced across the campus during his tenure as key to the university’s continuing success.

“The strength of programs in international and homeland security, in broad-scale studies of global climate change and initiatives aimed at the restoration of the Mississippi River Basin are all important in demonstrating the university’s role as a source and provider of information and new knowledge in the next century,” he said.

University President Karen A. Holbrook said that Moore is an exceptional research leader to whom the university is deeply indebted.

“Brad’s arrival here from his beloved Berkeley brought great prestige, dignity and commitment to help Ohio State’s researchers reach their potential. His ability to mobilize partnerships, to foster innovation and to set lofty but attainable goals has been a cornerstone of our success in research. He also recruited first-rate faculty and staff to the Office of Research. He has blazed the path for us to walk. He will be greatly missed but we wish him the best in his new challenges,” she said.

Moore countered, “What has been done in the past three years is to set the stage for Ohio State to move to the next level, to help the State of Ohio meet its challenges for the future through the Third Frontier Program.”

While here, Moore also served as President of the Ohio State University Research Foundation. He was a Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and a professor of chemistry where he directed an active research program on molecular energy transfer, chemical reaction dynamics, photochemistry and spectroscopy.

Moore was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1986 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work has been recognized by more than a dozen fellowships and awards over the years.

A native of Boston, he received his B.S. from Harvard University in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California in 1963.

Holbrook said an interim vice president will be named shortly.