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Slattery
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John Slattery, formerly associate dean for academic programs at the Graduate School of the University of Washington, Seattle, succeeds George E. Walker as dean of graduate studies at Indiana University.
Slattery, who taught pharmaceutics and was a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at the University of Washington, formally begins his IU tenure tomorrow (Nov. 1).
An accomplished researcher, he also will join the IU faculty as a tenured professor in the School of Medicine and in the Department of Biology in Bloom-ington.
The dean of graduate studies is responsible for promoting and sustaining excellence in graduate education, scholarship and research in IU’s university-wide graduate programs.
The dean’s responsibilities extend beyond the graduate school itself. While acting as the academic and administrative leader of the graduate school, the dean also works with the deans and administrations of IU’s professional schools to enhance the preparation and experience provided to graduate and postdoctoral students.
IU has 19,300 graduate students among its 98,000 students on eight campuses.
Walker became dean in 1991 and retired in May from the position of vice president for research. He will continue as a special assistant with the Office of the Vice President for Research, in addition to concentrating on his work as a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation, where he is heading a study of U.S. doctoral programs.
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