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Inside Iowa State
June 9, 2000

Ag dean finalist to visit campus

Andrew Novakovic, chair of the department of agricultural, resource and managerial economics at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., has been named a finalist in the search for Iowa State's next dean of Agriculture and will visit campus June 19-20.

Novakovic (pronounced No-VAH-ko-vich), an expert in dairy and agricultural policy and economics, holds the E.V. Baker Professorship in Agricultural Economics and serves as director of the Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and Policy. He has served as department chair at Cornell since 1993. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1979 and holds a doctoral degree (1979) and master's degree (1976) from Purdue University and a bachelor's degree (1974) from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. All degrees are in agricultural economics. He has an internationally known extension program in dairy policy and international marketing.

The campus community is invited to meet Novakovic during an open forum at 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 19, in 1204 Kildee. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the Kildee atrium. A complete visit schedule will be posted online at www.iastate.edu/~provost/staff/search/SchNovakovic.html.

Novakovic is the first finalist to be invited to campus since the search for a dean of Agriculture was extended in January, said Provost Rollin Richmond. Other candidates also may be invited to campus, he added.

Six finalists had interviewed for the dean of Agriculture post before the search was extended.

"All had strong credentials, but no consensus emerged as to who would be the best leader for the College of Agriculture," Richmond said.

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