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The members of the UCLA chancellor search committee were not disclosed on Tuesday as planned, but could be announced as soon as today, officials said.

UC Office of the President Associate President Linda Williams wrote in an e-mail last week that the “composition of the UCLA Chancellor search committee will be finalized by Tuesday” and that officials plan to make a press release at that time.

But because getting telephone confirmations from the chosen members took longer than expected, Williams said UCOP plans to release the complete make-up of the committee today.

Noel Van Nyhuis, a spokesman for the UC Office of the President, said a decision could come as late as Thursday.

The chancellor search committee is responsible for reviewing prospects for the position of UCLA’s ninth chancellor and forwarding a recommendation to the UC Board of Regents, which will make the final decision.

The approval vote is scheduled to take place when the regents meet at UCLA on March 16-17, 2006.

Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s announcement on Sept. 7, 2005 to step down as chancellor on June 30, 2006 necessitated the creation of the committee.

Currently, four members are confirmed. Jenny Wood, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, will serve as the undergraduate representative. The graduate student representative is Graduate Students Association President Jared Fox.

The other two confirmed members include UC Board of Regents’ Chair Gerald Parsky, who will serve as an ex-officio member, and UC President Robert Dynes, who will serve as the chairman of the committee.