Search Committee Members Revealed

David Glenn must have one hell of a source. In his most recent WRAL blog post, he reported the six members of Duke's search committee—names that Duke AD Joe Alleva has repeatedly refused to divulge. The six are:

1) Univ. Trustee Roy Bostock

2) Athletics council chairman and Pol. Sci. Professor Michael Gillespie

3) Athletic Advisory Board Chair Leo Hart

4) Univ. Trustee C.G. Newsome

5) Psychology Professor Martha Putallaz

6) Univ. Exec. VP Tallman Trask

As the Chronicle reported last week, Trask accompanied Alleva and President Richard Brodhead to the Washington area to visit with Navy HC Paul Johnson, so his presence as a member of the search committee makes sense. Bostock, Hart and Newsome are all former football players, and Newsome is the lone African-American in the group.

Glenn's report also cites sources saying that there is significant internal argument about whether Rick Neuheisel should be included as a candidate, based in large part on his checkered compliance record.