This was covered by the Associated Press and a number of other news organizations. According to these stories UC Berkeley is the first US university to hire a WIR. I've seen WIR positions advertised at other US universities but this is the first paid position. Congrats to Kevin.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/uc-berkeley-hires-first-wikipedian-in...
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/03/copyright/kevin-gorman-berkeleys-wikipe...
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_25364220/uc-berkeley-hires-first-wik...
I hope we'll see more universities taking this path. (:
Pine