We reported in March that Ira Lamster, who had been dean of the College of Dental Medicine since 2001, would step down at the end of the academic year. A little more than a month after commencement, University President Lee Bollinger has appointed Ronnie Myers, the school's vice dean for administrative affairs, as interim dean.
Bollinger and Lee Goldman, dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, announced Myers' appointment in a University-wide email. According to their email, Myers has been a Columbia professor since 1982 and a dental school administrator since 1991, and he's also vice chair of the New York State Board of Dentistry. He received his dental doctorate at Columbia and trained here as a pediatric dentist.
See Bollinger and Goldman's full email after the jump.
