Category: Leaders
New Leader at SMG
Kenneth W. Freeman takes the helm as dean of the School of Management. Best known as a turnaround expert, shepherding Quest Diagnostics from a problem-plagued upstart to the world’s leading medical testing company, Freeman succeeds Louis E. Lataif (SMG’61, Hon.’90), who led the School for 19 years.
CFA Names New Dean
Benjamín E. Juárez considers himself a conductor first, and with good reason: he’s led orchestras in venues from Shanghai to the Champs-Élysées. Now, he’ll take a new podium as dean of the College of Fine Arts. Juárez succeeds Walt Meissner (CFA’81), who had been dean ad interim for eight years.
BU Prof Wins Nobel Prize
Osamu Shimomura, a School of Medicine adjunct professor of physiology and a senior scientist emeritus at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., is one of three winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His research on jellyfish has revolutionized the world of biology.
“If you find an interesting subject, go study it. Don’t stop. There is difficulty in any research—don’t give up until you overcome that.” — Osamu Shimomura
Jeffrey Hutter Dean of SDM
Jeffrey Hutter, professor of endodontics and the Herbert Schilder Chair of the endodontics department, is appointed dean of the Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Hutter hopes to continue many of the initiatives started under the leadership of the late Spencer Frankl, who was SDM dean for more than 30 years.
STH Appoints New Dean
Mary Elizabeth Moore is appointed dean of BU’s oldest school, the School of Theology. Moore’s research focuses on eco-feminist theology and spirituality, sacramental teaching, and reconciliation theory and practice, and she is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church.
Tom Fiedler Is COM Dean
The College of Communication welcomes back one of its own, appointing as the new dean Tom Fiedler, the former executive editor of the Miami Herald. Fiedler succeeds Tobe Berkovitz, who was named dean ad interim in September 2006 following the resignation of Dean John Schulz.
SED Names New Dean
Hardin L. K. Coleman, a leading University of Wisconsin–Madison educator and psychologist who specializes in preparing school counselors for culturally diverse settings, is named dean of the School of Education. He succeeds Dean ad interim Charles Glenn (SED'87).
CAS Has First Woman Dean
Virginia Sapiro, a political scientist and women’s studies scholar, is named dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She is the first female dean in the College’s 134-year history. During her tenure at University of Wisconsin, she chaired both the political science department and the women’s studies program and was interim provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs.
Lutchen Appointed Dean of ENG
Kenneth Lutchen has been a faculty member at BU since 1984. Before being named Dean of Engineering he was Chair of Biomedical Engineering from 1998 to 2006. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and has advanced novel experimental, imaging, and computational-based methods for intracellular through whole-organ structure-function relations governing lung disease.
George Bush appoints President Brown to Council of Advisors
Boston University President Robert A. Brown is appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2006–2008). Bush reestablished the council in 2001 in an effort to maintain a steady stream of expert advice from the private sector and the academic community on a wide range of scientific and technical matters.
“It is an honor to be selected to advise the government in setting priorities in science and technology for the future of the country,” says Brown. “I view the continued development of our scientific capabilities, through education and new research, as critical to our nation’s standard of living and our economic future”—Robert A. Brown
