Ray Gillian

Ray Gillian became assistant provost and director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs in April 2000. The office was renamed the Office of Institutional Equity in April 2007 and Gillian was, in turn, named Vice Provost for Institutional Equity.

He is the first director of a new office that brings together and expands on the university's programs in affirmative action, disability services and sexual harassment prevention and resolution. He ensures that the university complies with federal, state and local laws on affirmative action and equal opportunity and directs the university's efforts to promote institutional equality and a diverse community.

Previously, as assistant to the president at the University of Maryland, College Park, Gillian was responsible for 16 years for developing, monitoring and implementing the university's equity and diversity procedures

Prior to becoming assistant to the president at Maryland, he served from 1977 to 1984 as that university's director of special student support services. Earlier, at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, he was director of minority affairs and director of the Center for Educational Opportunity, which provided services to educationally and economically disadvantaged students.

Gillian graduated from Ohio State University in 1970 and earned a master's degree there the following year.

[Updated April 2007]