A deep love of UC Berkeley, combined with an unwavering commitment to public education and to research and educational excellence, is what Ben Hermalin, Berkeley’s newly chosen executive vice chancellor and provost, says he’ll bring to his new post, which was announced today (Tuesday, Jan. 11) and will begin on July 1.
But Hermalin, vice provost for the faculty for the past five years, added that his most valuable attribute in the campus’s No. 2 job is his belief that “the best life is one dedicated to being empathetic, lifting people up, treating them with kindness and respect, and bettering the world; there is no greater accolade than to be called a mensch.”
UC Berkeley News: Ben Hermalin is UC Berkeley’s new executive vice chancellor and provost