He was Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1983 to 1992.

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Fellow historian, vice-president and dean of the faculty of humanities Professor Keith Brown, said that Mr Wood would bring the university "his expertise in making history accessible to the public".

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At NYU Langone, officials will consider waterproofing strategies for one building that houses mice underground and they are working on "an aggressive evacuation plan, " said Dafna Bar-Sagi, the center's vice dean for science.

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"Let's say you make a drive go 25 yards shorter by aerodynamics, " said Dean Snell, TaylorMade's vice president for golf-ball research and development.

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Barry Bluestone, a dean at Northeastern University in Boston, is the son of a former vice-president of the United Auto Workers (UAW).

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Wireless technology company Qualcomm pursued a two-pronged strategy in the auction, said Dean Brenner, Qualcomm's vice president of government affairs in an interview with Forbes.com.

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The group's current chairman is Joseph A. DiAngelo, dean at the business school at Saint Joseph's University, and its vice-chair, Robert S. Sullivan, heads the business school at University of California, San Diego.

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