Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 13-20, 1999

Volume 28, Number 4

Bjong 'Wolf' Yeigh

Bjong 'Wolf ' Yeigh is appointed
as assistant provost

As part of a staff reorganization taking place this fall in the Provost's office, Provost Alison Richard has appointed Bjong "Wolf" Yeigh, an engineer by training, as an assistant provost.

Yeigh, who has been an assistant professor of engineering at Oklahoma State University since 1995, will work as a junior partner to Pierre Hohenberg, deputy provost for science and technology, on a wide array of academic, administrative and budgetary matters related to the various science departments at Yale, including current renovation and building projects in science and engineering.

Yeigh will serve as one of several new assistant provosts in Richard's office. The new appointees will, in effect, replace two long-time members of the University: Arline McCord, associate provost, who retired this summer, and Robert Bickerton, special assistant to the provost, who will retire at the end of this month.

"The Provost's Office must be able to respond promptly to the many specific requests with which we are presented, while still having time to grapple with the complex academic, policy and budgetary issues that confront the University," said Richard. "This reorganization will strengthen and enhance the way the Provost's Office serves the Yale community."

Yeigh and the other assistant provosts will "undertake a wide range of follow-up activities to implement decisions and policies -- activities that now reside with the deputy provosts themselves," says Richard, noting, "As the assistant provosts gain experience, we anticipate that they will take on full responsibility for selected tasks and units."

Yeigh brings to Yale a range of experience as a scientist, researcher and teacher who has done graduate-level work in the area of public policy and administration, Richard notes.

"With his background, Wolf Yeigh has the ability to explore issues from a variety of perspectives and with a great understanding of the dual importance of teaching and research at the University," Deputy Provost Pierre Hohenberg adds. "He is eager to serve Yale, and possesses qualities that will make him very able and effective: wisdom, patience and an ability to listen."

Yeigh earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1986 in engineering science and received his M.S. a year later in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He then served for four years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, for which he was an intelligence officer. He served in the Persian Gulf during the war in 1991. He held the rank of lieutenant when he was honorably discharged.

Following his naval service, Yeigh was admitted to the graduate program in civil engineering and operations research at Princeton University. He earned a M.A. in 1994 and a Ph.D. in 1995. While at Princeton, he also completed a graduate certificate program in science, technology and public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

A specialist in engineering mechanics, tribology, and science and technology policy, Yeigh taught civil engineering at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. In 1997, he was presented the Faculty of the Year Award from the school's Multicultural Engineering Program.

Yeigh is a member of the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Sigma Xi and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. He is married to Sandra DeVries Yeigh, who is also an engineer.

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