[The list in this blog entry is being updated as we learn of more people but the lead text has not been edited since March, 2016. I am not keeping each entry updated so many people may have rotated out of the positions listed below.]
The statistical community is celebrating this week the news of Sally C Morton being named as dean for Virginia Tech College of Science. Morton will join a growing list of statisticians who are or have been in senior university administration positions, signifying the growing recognition of the importance of statistics to improving science:
- Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Dean, School of Public Health, UCLA (1985- 2000)
- Syed Ejaz Ahmed, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Brock University
- David B. Allison, Associate Dean for Science, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dean, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington (2017- )
- Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University, President, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (2022- )
- Melissa Begg, Vice Provost for Educational Programs, Columbia University
- Scarlett Bellamy, Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Dubois Bowman, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Michigan (starting 10/15/18)
- Ronald Brookmeyer, Dean, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, previously Executive Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M
- Alicia Carriquiry, Associate Provost, Iowa State University (2000-2005)
- James Cochran, Associate Dean for Research, University of Alabama
- Kumer Pial Das, AVP for Research, Innovation and Economic Development and Assistant Provost, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Jeffrey D. Dawson, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
- Charmaine Dean, Dean of Science, Western University; Starting July 1, 2017: VP for Research, University of Waterloo
- Dipak Dey, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Connecticut
- Rebecca Doerge, Dean, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University (2016-2023), Provost, RPI (2023- )
- Francesca Dominici, Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Health, Harvard University
- Brad Efron, Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (1987 - 1990)
- Michael Escobar, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- Feingold, Eleanor, Dean, College of Science, Oregon State University (2023- )
- Stephen Fienberg, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, CMU (1987-1991); Vice President for Academic Affairs, York University (1991-1993)
- Montserrat Fuentes, Dean, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University (2016-2019); Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Iowa (2019-2020); President, St. Edward's University (2021- )
- Blanton Godfrey, Dean, College of Textiles, NC State (2000-2014)
- Amanda Golbeck, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Vice President and Academic Dean, Bethany College (1996-1998); Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kansas Board of Regents (2000-2003)
- Barbara Gonzalez, Associate Dean for Academic Administration, Northern Illinois University (July 2021-).
- Melody Goodman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Global Public Research, NYU.
- Steven Goodman, Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research, School of Medicine, Stanford University
- J. Brian Gray, Interim Dean, Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama (2015-16); Associate Dean for the Manderson Graduate School of Business, University of Alabama
- Joel Greenhouse, Associate Dean, College Of Humanities And Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University (1997-2002)
- Robert Groves, Provost, Georgetown University
- Marcia Gumpertz, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity, NC State
- Michael Hardin, Provost and Vice President, Samford University (2015-2024); Dean, Culverhouse College, University of Alabama (2011-2015)
- Ofer Harel, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut, (2021- ); Interim Dean (2023-)
- Joseph W. Hogan, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of Public Health, Brown University
- Melinda Miller Holt, Dean,Sam Houston State University College of Science & Engineering Technology (2024- )
- Monica Jackson, Deputy Provost and Dean of Faculty, American University (2021- )
- Tim Jacobbe, Dean, College of Education, University of Texas at Arlington (2024- )
- Gareth James, Dean, Goizueta Business School, Emory University (2022-), previously Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Marshall School of Business, USC
- Brian Jersky, Dean, College of Science, Cal Poly Pomona; Provost, Cal State Long Beach (starting 7/1/16).
- Daniel Jeske, Vice Provost of Administrative Resolution, University of California Riverside, 2019 - Present.
- Nicholas Jewell, Vice Provost, UC Berkeley (1994-2000)
- Iain Johnston, Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2003-2005).
- Brian Junker, Associate Dean, Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences, CMU
- Sallie Keller, Dean, School of Engineering, Rice University (2005-2010); Provost, University of Waterloo (2012-2013)
- Ken Kelley, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame
- Michael H. Kutner, Inaugural Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health, Emory University (1990-93)
- Herbert Lee, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, UC Santa Cruz; Interim Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor
- John Lehoczky, Dean, Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences, CMU (2000-2014); Interim Executive Vice President, CMU (2014-2015)
- Stanley Lemeshow, Founding Dean, College of Public Health, Ohio State University
- Kung-Yee Liang, President, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
- Albert Madansky, Associate Dean for Faculty, Deputy Dean of Faculty, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1985-1993.
- David Madigan, Executive Vice President, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University; Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs, Northeastern University (2020-)
- Dibyen Majumdar, Executive Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago
- Hossein Mansouri, Associate Academic Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University (2001-2010)
- George McCabe, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Science, Purdue University
- Leslie McClure, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University (2021- 2023); Dean, College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis University (2023- )
- Sean W. Mulvenon, Associate Dean of Research and Sponsored Project, College of Education, UNLV
- Xiao-Li Meng, Dean, Graduate School, Harvard University
- Jane Meza, Senior Associate Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Jeffrey Miecznikowski, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
- J. P. Morgan, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, College of Science, Virginia Tech
- Sally C Morton, Dean, College of Science, Virginia Tech, Executive Vice President & Professor, ASU Knowledge Enterprise
- H. Joseph Newton, Dean, College of Science, Texas A&M (2002-2015)
- Sarah Nusser, Vice President for Research, Iowa State University
- Jason W. Osborne, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Clemson University
- Sastry Pantula, Dean, College of Science, Oregon State University (2013-2017); Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Cal State San Bernadino (2018- )
- C. Shane Reese, Academic Vice President, BYU; Previously Dean, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, BYU, (2017-2019).
- Kathryn Roeder, Vice Provost for Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University
- Norean Sharpe, Dean, Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University; Senior Associate Dean, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.
- Simon J. Sheather, Dean,Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, (starting July, 2018)
- Judith Singer, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University
- Sir Adrian Smith, Vice-Chancellor, University of London (2012-present)
- Lee H. Smith, President, Texas State University (1974-81)
- William B. Smith, Executive Associate Dean, College of Science, Texas A&M (1994-97)
- Dan Solomon, Dean, College of Sciences and former College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (2000-2015)
- Philip Stark, Associate Dean, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley
- Hal Stern, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (2021- ), previously Vice Provost for Academic Planning, University of California, Irvine; and Dean, College of Information and Computer Sciences, UCI
- Elizabeth Stuart, Associate Dean for Education, Bloomberg School of Public Health, JHU
- Werner Stuetzle, Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington
- Ronald Thisted, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Chicago
- Jessica Utts, Associate Vice Provost, UC Davis (1996-98)
- Patricia Wahl, Dean, School of Public Health (1998-2010)
- James Ware, Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health, Harvard University (1990-2009)
- Ron Wasserstein, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Washburn University (2000-2007)
- Michael T. Weaver, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, School of Nursing, University of Florida
- Robert F. Woolson, Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health, University of Iowa (1999-2002).
- Scott Zeger, Vice Provost of Johns Hopkins University (2007-2010); Interim Provost (2009)
[Please help us complete this list by emailing additions to pierson (at) amstat (dot) org.]
Going further back, I've been informed of the following: William Kruskal, was Dean of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago; W. Allen Wallis was Dean of the Graduate School of Business (1956-62) at the University of Chicago and President (1962-1970) and Chancellor (1970-1982) of the University of Rochester; Gerald Lieberman was Vice Provost and Dean of Research at Stanford, and later was Provost (1992-1994); Al Bowker was Chancellor of the City University of New York, then Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and then Dean of the School of Public Affairs at Maryland; and Lowell Jacob Reed was the seventh president of Johns Hopkins University.
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