Lee appointed to endowed chair

By the Office of Communications on Dec. 6, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
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David S. Lee, director of IDEAS for Higher Education and former Princeton University provost, has been named Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, effective Sept. 1, 2017.

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