"He can help out with the rules and regulations for the student handbook, in terms of interpreting and helping us to write it," Illingworth says. "He could be a good interpreter of rules for students."
Technically, Fithian will wear two hats--for half of his time, he'll be an assistant dean of the College, and for the second half of his time he will be secretary of the Administrative Board.
Thurston Smith is retiring from the post of secretary and returning full time to the Registrar's Office.
Lewis writes in an e-mail message that he and several "senior members of the administration" have thought about creating the new post for almost a year.
"I knew I had to plan for a new Secretary of the Ad Board, and decided to combine that role with other needs," Lewis writes.
Fithian will continue as senior tutor in Adams House for the remainder of the current academic year while assuming his duties as assistant dean. Fithian has served as a lecturer in the department of Sociology and lecturer on Social Studies, as assistant dean of freshmen, and since 1998 has been the senior tutor in Adams House.
Fithian holds a B.A. from Clark University, and M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology from Yale University.
Staff writer Joyce McIntyre can be reached at jmcintyr@fas.