University of Hawai'i-Manoa Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw will chair a nine-member search committee to recommend a new athletic director, the school announced yesterday.

The previous AD, Herman Frazier, was dismissed last month in the wake of football coach June Jones' departure to Southern Methodist.

In addition to Hinshaw, the other members are: Debra Ishii, executive assistant to the chancellor; Mitchell Kaaialii, assistant vice president, First Hawaiian Bank; Dee Jay Mailer, CEO Kamehameha Schools; Don Murphy, owner of Murphy's Bar & Grill; Peter Nicholson, English professor and UH faculty representative; Dave Shoji, UH women's volleyball coach; Christina Stidman, president, Associated Students of UH-Manoa; and John Tsui, chair of Towne Realty Development.

Kaaialii is a former UH offensive lineman (1989-91).

"The members of the search committee were chosen for their understanding of the relationship between UH athletics and our community and the needs of a Division I athletics program," Hinshaw said in a statement.

The committee's first meeting is next week, the school said.