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UCD Chancellor James Shore, MD, Announces a 2005 Retirement
DENVER — University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman, PhD, today announced that James H. Shore, MD, chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver will resign as chancellor no later than Oct. 31, 2005. Chancellor Shore has given notice of his intent to allow time to complete a search for his successor by the fall of 2005. Shore, 64, will remain a tenured professor at the university.
"Jim Shore has been a remarkable leader at this university for twenty years," Hoffman said. "Recently, his guidance and stewardship at the CU-Health Sciences Center and at UC Denver was invaluable in bringing about the new consolidated university. Additionally, his involvement in accelerating the move to the new Fitzsimons campus has meant extraordinary success for the University of Colorado.
"It is only with deep regret that I accept his coming resignation, understanding the intent is his personal desire to plan for and enjoy his future retirement. We will miss him greatly, but wish him well and enjoyment in his retirement," Hoffman added.
"I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Chancellor Shore over the past 10 years," said CU Regent Chair Jerry Rutledge. "During some exciting and challenging times for the Health Sciences Center, he has demonstrated tremendous leadership and championed the missions of education, research and patient care."
Since 1998, Shore has served as chancellor of the CU-Health Sciences Center, during which time the $2.3 billion move to Fitzsimons became a reality and, under his leadership, the timeline was accelerated. Shore has served as chancellor of UC Denver and Health Sciences Center since the campuses were consolidated in July 2004.
Shore was instrumental in securing $202 million in state certificates of participation to build educational facilities on the new campus and played a pivotal role in The Children's Hospital's decision to move to Fitzsimons.
Shore's long-standing passion for the health of the Native American population, dating back to the late 1960s, helped inspire the Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building at Fitzsimons, where unparalleled new programs benefit Native Americans throughout the United States. Thanks to a generous gift from the Shore family, the auditorium at the NCNHB was dedicated as the Shore Family Forum earlier this year.
During his tenure at the CU-Health Sciences Center, Shore presided over unprecedented growth in institutional revenues, including a doubling of outside research dollars to some $300 million in the last fiscal year. Despite state budget challenges in recent years, the CU-Health Sciences Center has continued to grow by all measures - employment, economic impact, number of students, student financial aid and scholarships - as well as an impressive $320 million in private funds.
From 1985 to 1999, Shore was professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and superintendent of the Colorado Psychiatric Hospital. Prior to that, he was professor and chairman of psychiatry at Oregon Health Sciences University. Shore received his MD degree at Duke University in 1965 and completed his psychiatric residency training at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1969. His work with Native Americans and the Indian Health Service earned him a Commendation Medal from the U.S. Public Health Service.
An author of more than 100 scientific publications, Shore is a nationally recognized leader in American psychiatry and academic medicine, having served most recently as president of the American College of Psychiatrists, among numerous other professional affiliations.
Shore and his wife, Christine, have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. In their leisure time, they enjoy raising horses and longhorn cattle at their ranch in Wyoming.
The University of Colorado is a three-campus system with campuses in Boulder and Colorado Springs, and a Denver and Health Sciences Center campus located in Denver and at the former Fitzsimons Army Base in Aurora. For further information, please contact Michele McKinney in the CU System Office of Institutional Relations at (303) 492-6206.