ETS' Dr. Nancy Cole To Retire
PRINCETON, N.J. — Educational Testing  Service President Nancy S. Cole announced last month that she intends to retire as soon as a successor can be named.
The announcement was made at the ETS' January meeting of the Board of Trustees. Cole had served as president for six years.
"This is a great loss to all of us at ETS," said A. William Wiggenhorn, chair of the ETS board and president of Motorola University. He praised Cole for helping guide the ETS through a number of institutional challenges, including the transformation of its test administration services from the  traditional  pencil and paper model to the new  computerized systems. 
"These recent accomplishments are the building blocks of ETS' future," Wiggenhorn said.
ETS Board Vice Chair Debra W. Stewart, vice chancellor and graduate school dean at North Carolina State University, will head the search committee to  find a sucessor for Cole .
Other search committee members include: Richard E. Cavanagh, president and chief executive of The Conference Board; Julius L. Chambers, chancellor of North Carolina Central University; Paul A. Elsner, Chancellor Emeritus, Maricopa Community Colleges; N. Gerry House, superintendent Memphis City School; Arthur E. Levine, president of Teachers College, Columbia University; Gary H. Stern, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; and Blandina Cardenas, associate professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Texas-San Antonio. 
"While we have exciting and challenging work in progress, I feel I can leave ETS now,  secure that we are well-positioned to serve the education needs of the new century," Cole said.