Susan Huntington to Head Grad School

SUSAN L. HUNTINGTON TO BE ACTING DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL

     COLUMBUS --  Susan L. Huntington, University Professor and
professor of history of art at The Ohio State University, has
been nominated to become acting dean of the Graduate School.

     Richard Sisson, senior vice president for academic affairs
and provost, announced Thursday (5/4) that he will recommend
Huntington's appointment to President E. Gordon Gee and the
university's Board of Trustees.  Subject to the trustees'
approval, Huntington's appointment will be effective Sept. 1.

     She will replace Roy Koenigsknecht, dean of the Graduate
School since 1985, who last autumn announced his intention to
retire as dean and return to his faculty position as a professor
of speech and hearing science.

     "I am absolutely delighted that Professor Huntington will
serve as acting dean of the Graduate School," Sisson said.

     "In 1990, she was named a University Professor, one of the
highest honors accorded a professor at Ohio State.  She is a
member of the President's and Provost's Advisory Committee, which
is composed of University Professors and Ohio Eminent Scholars.

     "Dr. Huntington has long been deeply involved in graduate
education and epitomizes the dedication to scholarship and the
passion for teaching and learning that makes Ohio State one of
the nation's great public universities.  I look forward to
working with her in this new role."

     Huntington has been a member of the Ohio State faculty since
1971.  She is an authority on Asian art, particularly that of
ancient India, and has conducted extensive field work in India
and other Asian countries.  She is the author of three books on
the art of ancient India, as well as numerous articles, book
reviews and other publications.

     A winner of the university's Distinguished Scholar Award in
1985 and of several teaching awards, Huntington has been the
recipient of more than 40 grants and fellowships, including a
1983 Guggenheim award and a 1994 Fulbright award for field study
in Nepal and Bangladesh.

     She is a member of the editorial board of the American
Academy of Religions and the editorial advisory board of Eastern
Art Report.  She is very active in the College Art Association of
America, currently serving on its board of directors and its
executive committee as well as its finance, program, governance
and publications committees.  She is a past vice president of the
American Institute of Indian Studies.

     "Graduate education is one of the most important things that
Ohio State does," Huntington said.

     "As acting dean, I hope to build on OSU's past
accomplishments in graduate education and continue to strengthen
and enhance graduate studies on campus.  I look forward to
monitoring and assisting the ongoing reviews of doctoral programs
that have been mandated by the Board of Regents and maintaining
the activities of the Graduate School through this transitional
phase."

     The Graduate School is the administrative unit for some
11,300 students enrolled in 123 master's and 99 doctoral programs
at Ohio State.  It is one of the largest and most comprehensive
graduate programs in the world.

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Contacts: Richard Sisson, (614) 292-5881.
          Susan L. Huntington, (614) 292-7481.


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