Retirements

Two Women Executives in Higher Education Announce Their Retirements

Zorica Pantic, the fourth president of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, announced that she will step down from her post on May 31, 2019. Dr. Pantic, the first woman president of the institution has served as president since 2005.

Before becoming President of the Wentworth Institute of Technology, Dr. Pantic was the founding dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. A native of Serbia, Dr. Pantic holds bachelor’s, master’s. and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Nis in Serbia.

Jean Schook will retire from her post as associate vice chancellor for finance and treasurer at the University of Arkansas on March 31. She has served in these roles since 2007. Earlier, she was an auditor for the Division of Legislative Audit of the state of Arkansas.

Schook has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Missouri Southern State University and an MBA from the University of Arkansas.

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