Following four years of service as the Revelle College Provost, Don Wayne Ph.D. announced that he would be stepping down from his position, as well as from his faculty position as a professor in the department of literature, effective June 14, 2013.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science Ann Craig will be acting as interim provost beginning July 1, 2013, until Wayne’s successor is chosen next school year.

A Guggenheim fellowship recipient, Wayne received his Ph.D. in literature at UCSD in 1975, coming to the university as a faculty member within the department of literature in 1975.

Since then, Wayne has served as chair of the department of literature, as well as chairs of various campus and UC system-wide committees including . As Provost, Wayne developed a series of study abroad scholarships for Revelle students and began a tradition of inviting distinguished alumni to deliver keynote addresses during commencement.

Wayme was co-chair of the Advisory committee involved with proposing a diversity, equity and inclusion graduation requirement and three-term, ex-officio Academic Senate Committee representative for the Council of Provosts. In his positions, he was instrumental in creating strategies to increase the number of incoming students from underrepresented communities. He also began a series of environmental sustainability programs dedicated to the namesake of Revelle College’s apartment complex, theorist Charles David Keeling.

“Provost Wayne has had a profound impact on Revelle College and the UC San Diego campus,” Executive Vice Chancellor Suresh Subramani said in a campus-wide statement. “Working closely with college staff, he improved the working dynamics across units to foster cooperation and collaboration in providing essential services to students.”

Beginning September 2013, a committee will begin the campus-wide search for Wayne’s successor.