MEMORANDUM
TO:
The University Community
FROM:
Mark B. Rosenberg, Provost & Executive Vice President
SUBJECT:
Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences
DATE:
May 19, 2003
President Maidique and I are very pleased to announce that we have a new dean for
our College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. R. Bruce Dunlap will assume responsibilities as
dean on August 1, 2003. Dr. Dunlap is the Fred M. Weissman Professor of Chemical
Ecology at the University of South Carolina, where he also serves as the Associate
Director for Administration of the USC Nanocenter.
Dr. Dunlap succeeds Dr. Arthur Herriott, who has ably served as dean of Arts and
Sciences for 13 years. Dr. Dunlap graduated Omicron Delta Kappa from Beloit College
with a B.S. in Chemistry and holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indiana University. Dr.
Dunlap was originally hired in 1971 at USC as the first biochemist in the Department of
Chemistry. He went on to collaborate with the new (1974) School of Medicine there,
where he still teaches one course a year. During his 31 years at USC, he has published
over 150 refereed journal articles and his research has received nearly $5 million in
support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and
the American Cancer Society. He has received numerous recognitions for his work,
including a 1993 R&D 100 Award for Innovations in Science and Technology from
Research and Development Magazine.
He has held a number of leadership positions at USC including six years as Chair of the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. As Chair, he provided leadership for a
department of 26 tenure track faculty, 30 professional staff, 33 research faculty and
postdoctoral fellows, 115 graduate students and 160 undergraduate majors. During this
period, he hired eight new faculty, collaborated in the design and funding for a new
150,000 square foot Graduate Science Research Center, and moved the department into
the facility. He also developed the department’s first Friends of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, which contributed in excess of $2.5 million for the department while he
was chair.
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Throughout his career, Dr. Dunlap has been involved in the development of
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research initiatives. Working with an
oncologist at the Richland Memorial Hospital, he built a network of cancer researchers
that subsequently received laboratory space at the hospital’s new Center for Cancer
Treatment and Research. Later, he helped to build the nanoscience center at USC
through support from the National Science Foundation. Finally, he has taken
leadership for the South Carolina Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network, which
promotes biomedical research and its funding in institutions of higher education in
South Carolina. He has served as advisor or co-advisor for 44 graduate students who
have earned the Ph.D. degree.
An active community fund-raiser, Dr. Dunlap chaired the Education Funds Crusade
Committee for the American Cancer Society. For three successive years, his committee
increased the funds raised—leading to a Diamond Award from the ACS—indicating
outstanding performance. He also chaired the statewide campaign for the American
Cancer Society that raised over $2.5 million. Dr. Dunlap was also the external reviewer
for our Department of Chemistry during the 2001-2002 academic year.
As you can see from this brief resume, Dr. Dunlap is ably equipped to succeed Dean
Herriott and continue the pattern of strong Arts and Sciences leadership that has
blessed our institution. Please join the President and me in welcoming Dr. Dunlap to
Florida International University!
Office of the Provost
University Park . North Miami, FL 33199 . Tel 305-348-2151 . Fax 305-348-2994 . www.fiu.edu
Florida International University is an Equal Opportunity/Access Employer and Institution . TDD via FRS 1-800-955-8771