Jeffrey Hutter, Dean of BU’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine, to Retire
Announcement comes as SDM is set to complete massive renovation this summer
Goldman School of Dental Medicine Dean Jeffrey Hutter, here presenting candidates during the 2015 Boston University Commencement at Nickerson Field, announced his retirement on Monday after more than a decade leading the school. Photo by Natasha Moustache for Boston University Photography.
Jeffrey Hutter, the dean of Boston University’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine since 2008, announced on Monday that he will retire as of March 31. The school, which has had only three deans in its nearly 60-year history, will fill the role with an interim dean until a national search can be conducted and a permanent replacement named.
Hutter said he and his wife, Kathleen, along with their two dogs, Kelly and Molly, will fly to Honolulu the morning after his last day, fulfilling a dream he’s held for years to return to the place where he was stationed with the US Navy Dental Corps and where he spent some of his earliest days in dentistry, Pearl Harbor.
“My wife and I had set a goal, we reached those ages this year, and we asked ourselves, do we stay on, or not,” the 71-year-old Hutter said Monday afternoon as the surprise news of his departure started to get out. “I didn’t want to become a dean who just hung on. We set a date and we were going to keep to that date.” He said he and his wife look forward to celebrating their 50th anniversary in Hawaii in a few years, and noted that they will also be closer to their daughter and grandson in California.
The transition comes just as the school is in the final stages of a major project—a three-year, $112 million renovation of its building at 100 East Newton Street that’s expected to be finished this summer. The school is home to more than 800 students and 300 faculty, as well as staff and volunteers, and it serves more than 30,000 patients a year.
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