Office of the President To the UMB Community: As has become increasingly clear, the challenges to the global economy are reaching crisis proportion. While to date the State of Maryland has been able to weather these challenges better than many of our competitor states, Maryland's fiscal situation has become increasingly grim. As I wrote to you back in December, to help meet revenue shortfalls in the FY 2009 budget, the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland required each of the USM campuses to develop and implement furlough plans to take effect this fiscal year. These plans will help meet this revenue shortfall by temporarily reducing USM employees' salaries and work hours during the remainder of this fiscal year. After consulting with UMB constituencies, Chancellor Kirwan and the presidents of the other USM institutions I have approved the UMB Furlough Plan. I take this action reluctantly and with regret for the difficulties this may cause many of you. The UMB Furlough Plan is based on 'fairness and equity' as follows: - Tiered by Salary Level (fairness): With the exception of police and uniformed security officers all faculty, administrators and staff are required to take unpaid furlough days in accordance with this schedule. Regular part-time employees are furloughed in accordance with their percentage employment.
| Annualized Salary | Furlough Period | Dates | | $0 to $29,999 | None | Not applicable | | $30,000 to $49,999 | 2 days | 02/01 - 03/29/09 | | $50,000 to $69,999 | 3 days | 02/01 - 04/25/09 | | $70,000 to $89,999 | 4 days | 02/01 - 05/23/09 | | $90,000 and above | 5 days | 02/01 - 06/20/09 |
- Independent of Salary Source (equity): All faculty, administrators and staff who are in the same salary range are required to take the same number of furlough days, no matter what the source or sources of that salary.
The UMB Furlough Plan will be implemented in four-hour increments in each two week pay period beginning February 1, 2009 and will continue until each individual's furlough obligation is satisfied. Furloughs must be scheduled by supervisors to minimize disruption. Paid leave may not be substituted for furlough time and overtime may not be worked to make up for furlough related salary reductions. In particular, classes and clinical obligations must continue to be met. Student employees are not subject to this furlough plan. As always, thank you in advance for your cooperation. Detailed information on how this plan will be administered can be found at http://www.hr.umaryland.edu/furloughfaq. My best wishes, David J. Ramsay, D.M., D.Phil. President University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dr. David J. Ramsay became the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the state’s academic health, law and social work center of learning, in 1994. The University, which is located in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor, includes schools of dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social work and an interdisciplinary graduate school. The campus is closely associated with the University of Maryland Medical System, the university’s affiliated hospital system. As president of the University, Dr. Ramsay sits on the board of directors of this hospital system. Dr. Ramsay was educated at Oxford University in England, where he received his baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and medical degrees. He later joined the faculty at Oxford, where he was a university lecturer and fellow, and medical tutor at Corpus Christi College. Prior to his appointment at the University of Maryland, Dr. Ramsay served for more than a decade as senior vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of California, San Francisco. In June 2000, Dr. Ramsay was named one of Baltimore's "Most Influential Leaders" by the Baltimore Business Journal. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a past member of its foundation board, and a past board member of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC). Dr. Ramsay received the GBC's 2004 Regional Visionary Award. Dr. Ramsay is the past chair of the Association of Academic Health Centers and was recently appointed its first foreign secretary. He also serves on the boards of GBC; the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.; the Hippodrome Foundation, Inc., board of directors; and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Dr. Ramsay’s efforts have been instrumental in the redevelopment of the west side of Baltimore, not only through community and business partnerships, but also through the development of the UMB BioPark. The first building of the extensive biotechnology park, which promotes bioscience innovation and collaborative research opportunities, opened in October 2005.
Born: 1939 Hometown: London Residence: Severna Park Titles and Department: - President
- Professor, School of Medicine
Education: 1982 University of Oxford (DM) Oxford University 1966 Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Clinical Medicine (BM, BCh) 1963 University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, Doctorate in Physiology (DPhil, MA) 1960 Worcester College, Oxford, Preclinical Sciences and Physiology (BA) Professional: 1994-present University of Maryland, Baltimore President
1994-present University of Maryland, Baltimore Department of Physiology Professor 1982-1994 University of California, San Francisco Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs 1980-1981 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Acting Chair 1978-1994 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Professor 1977-1982 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Graduate Adviser for Physiology Program
1976-1982 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Vice Chair 1975-1978 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Associate Professor 1974 University of California, San Francisco Department of Physiology Visiting Associate Professor 1966-1975 Corpus Christi College, Oxford Tutorial Fellow in Physiology and Medicine 1966-1975 Oxford University, Laboratory of Physiology University Lecturer in Physiology 1965-1966 Corpus Christi College, Oxford Lecturer in Physiology 1963-1966 Oxford University, Laboratory of Physiology Demonstrator in Physiology
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