Three key administrators appointed this summer
Princeton NJ -- Over the summer, the University announced
the appointments of three key administrators:
• Maria Klawe, a computer scientist and dean of
science at the University of British Columbia, was named
dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science,
effective Jan. 1.
• Longtime Princeton faculty member William B.
Russel was named dean of the Graduate School, effective Aug.
1.
• Daniel Silverman, a physician with experience in
health systems management, academic administration and
medical education, was named chief medical officer of the
University and executive director of University Health
Services, effective Aug. 15.
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Klawe
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Klawe will succeed James Wei, who stepped down June
30 to return to full-time teaching and research after 11
years in the post. James Sturm, professor of electrical
engineering and director of the Center for Photonics and
Opto-Electronic Materials, is serving as interim dean
through December.
Klawe, who also will be appointed a professor in the
Department of Computer Science, has been a leader in both
academia and industry. She spent eight years at the IBM
Almaden Research Center in California, and became the head
of the Department of Computer Science at the University of
British Columbia in 1988. She was appointed vice president
for student and academic services in 1995 and dean of
science in 1998.
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Russel
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Russel succeeds John Wilson, who has served as dean
since 1994 and announced his retirement last October. The
Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor, Russel has been a member of
the faculty in chemical engineering since 1974.
He has a long history of service to the University, as
chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1987 to
1996 and as a member of the Committee on Appointments and
Advancements, the University Research Board, the Committee
on the Sixth College and search committees for the provost,
athletic director and dean of the faculty.
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Silverman
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Silverman, who most recently was director of
Evidence-Based Medicine Solutions and associate professor of
clinical psychiatry at the Wash-ington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, succeeds Dr. Pamela Bowen, who
earlier this year announced her plans to step down as
director of University Health Services after 11 years of
service to Princeton.
In addition to serving as a lecturer, clinical teacher
and supervisor, Silverman worked with Dr. William Peck, dean
of the School of Medicine, to create EBM Solutions, a
consortium involving medical schools at Washington, Duke,
Emory, Vanderbilt, Oregon Health Sciences and Mount
Sinai/New York universities. Its goal is to provide
evidence-based clinical guidelines and interactive treatment
tools to patients, physicians, employers, healthcare systems
and managed care organizations.
To read the full appointment stories, visit
<www.princeton.edu/pr/news/> and click on April-June
2002 for Klawe and Russel and July-September 2002 for
Silverman.
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September 9, 2002
Vol. 92, No. 1
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Contents
September 11
•University remembers
Sept. 11 by helping with recovery
•September 11: Panel
discussion, exhibition
Page one
•Financial aid
enhancements improve accessibility
•Grad apps increase
nearly 24 percent, enrollment up
slightly
Inside
•Summer lab work
gives seniors a jump start
•Crews work to
improve campus landscape this summer
•Home study course
offered on modern world history this
fall
People
•Three key
administrators appointed this summer
•Claudia Tate,
scholar of African-American literary criticism, dies at
55
•Spotlight,
appointments
•Briefs
Sections
•By the numbers:
Admissions
•Nassau
Notes
•Calendar of
events
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