March 30, 2001

Boston College's New Dean of Social Work Needs an MSW; Yale Divinity School Attracts Emory's Provost

By ROBIN WILSON and BETH MCMURTRIE

A MATTER OF DEGREE: When Alberto Godenzi takes over as dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College next month, he'll be one of the few social-work deans in the country who doesn't hold an advanced degree in the field. At least not yet.

Mr. Godenzi, who directed the department of social work and social policy at Switzerland's University of Fribourg, was Boston College's first choice as dean. But when the college told the national group that accredits social-work schools