Arnett Mace
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Dr. Arnett C. Mace, Jr. was appointed Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia (UGA) on October 1, 2002. Following a national search, he was named to the permanent position on March 11, 2003. Dr. Mace served as Dean of the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources from 1991-2002, and he was named Associate Director of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station and Georgia Cooperative Extension Service on July 1, 1995. He served as Director of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University Florida (1978-1991). He served as a faculty member and department head at the University of Minnesota (1967-1978).

Dr. Mace received a B.S.F. degree in forestry from West Virginia University in 1960. He later received a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in water resources from the University of Arizona . Professional activities have included numerous offices in the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and he was elected a Fellow in 1983; National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC); and National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). He has served as chairman of the SAF Accreditation Committee, National Program Committee, Educational Policy Committee, and Upper Mississippi Valley Section. Other offices held include National Research Chair and President of NAPFSC; member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Agriculture of NASULGC; and member of the Secretary of Agriculture's Joint Council on Food and Agriculture Programs.

Dr. Mace received the Horse T. Morse Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education from the University of Minnesota (1982). He was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus by West Virginia University (1992) and received the University of Arizona Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award (2005).