New alumni director appointed

Robert Bartlett, associate dean for external affairs at the University of Chicago's Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, has been named associate dean for development and alumni relations of the College.

Bartlett has held development positions at Chicago, University of Maine, Cornell, and Yale, after receiving his B.S. from Stetson University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in public administration from Cornell.

"We held a national search, and Bob really stood out as someone with terrific credentials, and with the ability to work extraordinarily well with alumni, parents, and supporters, as well as with faculty within the College," said Thomas LeBlanc, dean of the faculty of arts, sciences, and engineering.

LeBlanc noted that the office of development and alumni relations is now an administrative department within the College. (It previously had been a part of the central administration, with some University-wide functions).

"Bob will have the crucial task of bringing a strategic focus that reflects this new relationship," he said.