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dean

noun as in leader of institution

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Donald Kettl, professor emeritus and former dean at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, taught and trained prospective public servants for 45 years.

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Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, a Harvard dean, who helped author the review, spoke to Kennedy and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya in recent weeks, he said in a written statement.

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Graves, a longtime attorney and interim dean at Emory University School of Law, knew law.

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These obsessions are not uncommon, said Paul Robbins, dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Amelia Jones, vice dean of faculty and research at Roski School of Art & Design, said that “there can be no negotiation. They are playing by the fascist playbook.”

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