Eugene Lowe, Jr., assistant to the president, to step down at end of Fall Quarter

Eugene Lowe, Jr., who has served as assistant to the president for more than two decades, announced Monday he will step down from his role at the University at the end of Fall Quarter.

Lowe joined Northwestern in 1995 as associate provost for faculty affairs and a member of the president’s staff. He was appointed assistant to the president in 1999, and in that capacity has overseen important University initiatives, including the Morton Schapiro Distinguished Secondary School Teaching Awards, One Book One Northwestern, and the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship.

He also holds faculty appointments in the Religious Studies department in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education and Social Policy, where he teaches regularly in the master’s program in higher education administration and policy. He plans to continue teaching.

“It has been a great privilege to serve as assistant to the president and as a member of the senior staff since 1995,” Lowe said. “Over the course of these 27 years, I have shared the honor of advancing our Northwestern mission on many fronts.”

“As the University transitions under the leadership of President Schill, I have concluded that it is time for me to make a shift and to recalibrate my professional and academic commitments,” he said.

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