When John Hennessy stepped into the President's office September 1, he was the highest-profile new appointee among Stanford's leadership. Since 1998, almost every senior University post has turned over. A rundown of new faces in high places:
| POST | WHO | STARTING DATE | 
| Provost | John Etchemendy, PhD ’82 | September 2000 | 
| Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences | Malcolm Beasley | September 1998 | 
| Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | Jonathan Dorfan | September 1999 | 
| Dean, Graduate School of Business | Robert Joss, MBA ’67, PhD ’70 | September 1999 | 
| Dean of admission and financial aid | Robin Mamlet | September 2000 | 
| Dean, School of Engineering | James Plummer, MS ’67, PhD ’61 | September 1999 | 
| Dean, School of Education | Deborah Stipek | January 2001 | 
| Dean, School of Law | Kathleen Sullivan | September 1999 | 
| CEO, Stanford Management Co. | Mike McCaffery, MBA ’82 | September 2000 | 
| Acting General Counsel | Debra Zumwalt | February 2000 | 
 
             
 
             
  