OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
October 7, 1993
KEY ADMINISTRATORS/KEY SUPPORT STAFF
SUBJECT: Dean, School of Engineering Appointment
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that Chancellor
Atkinson has designated Dr. Robert Conn as the new Dean of
the School of Engineering succeeding Dr. Lea Rudee, who will
return to research and teaching at the end of the Fall
Quarter 1993.
Joining the faculty of UCLA in 1980 as professor of
mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering, Dr. Conn
currently is Director of the Institute of Plasma and Fusion
Research. Dr. Conn received a B.S. degree in chemical
engineering and physics from Pratt Institute (1964), an M.S.
degree in mechanical engineering (1965) and a Ph.D. degree
in engineering science (1968), both from the California
Institute of Technology.
Dr. Conn has held numerous appointments during his
distinguished academic and administrative career, He is a
member of the International Scientific and Technical
Advisory Committee for the International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor (ITER) project; chair of the U.S.
Department of Energy's fusion Energy Advisory Committee, a
post he was appointed to in 1991 by the Secretary of Energy;
member of the Advisory Committee of the Provost at the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University;
and elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
This appointment will be effective January 1, 1994, and must
be approved by the Academic Senate and the University of
California Board of Regents.
Marjorie C. Caserio
Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs