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Dan R. Dalton has been designated dean of the Indiana University School of Business. The announcement was made last Friday (May 16) by Gerald Bepko, IU vice president for long range planning and chancellor of IUPUI. The appointment of Dalton, who has been serving as the school's interim dean since the beginning of this year, awaits approval by the Trustees of IU when they meet in June.
"Dan's background as a business scholar, his experience as an academic executive, his knowledge of the school and university, and his formidable talents will make him an excellent dean to maintain and enhance the school's international standing," Bepko said.
Dalton's appointment comes at the end of a seven-month process. A 17-member search and screen committee recently submitted an unranked slate of five "exceptional" candidates for consid-eration. One candidate later withdrew. Trevor Brown, IU dean of journalism and chairman of the search committee, said the final candidates were selected from an impressive pool of candidates, noting that more than 60 accredited schools of business were seeking deans in 1996-97. "IU competed in the search very well with both public and private business schools nationwide," Brown said. "There was a great deal of interest among strong candidates on a national basis. Various rankings continued to identify IU as a major business school in a very competitive environment."
Dalton, a faculty member at the school since 1979, has held other important posts in the school, including associate dean for academic affairs, chair of doctoral programs and the Glaubinger professor of management.
He replaces John Rau, who left IU at the end of 1996 to become president and chief executive officer of Chicago Title and Trust Co. and Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Mark Sothmann has been named associate dean of the IU School of Medicine and dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, located on the IUPUI campus and offering programs on five of the eight IU campuses. His appointment was approved by the Trustees of IU in May. He had served as acting dean of the school since June 1996 and was recommended as dean by Robert W. Holden, dean of the School of Medicine. He succeeds John R. Snyder.
"I believe that Sothmann's ability to focus on current issues and long-range planning in the rapidly changing health-care field makes him an excellent choice for dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences," Holden said.
"The School of Allied Health Sciences' educational, research and service programs have evolved considerably over the past decade, due in large measure to the efforts of its faculty and previous administrations," Sothmann said. "Our principal future challenge is to position the school to be responsive to an unprecedented change in the structure, funding and delivery of health-care services in Indiana and nationally."
Related Links:
http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/releases/bdean.htm
http://www.iupui.edu/home/ally.html
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