Johns Hopkins Chooses Provost From Penn as Its New President

Ronald J. Daniels, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected as the next president of the Johns Hopkins University. The Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees announced his appointment on Tuesday.

Mr. Daniels, whose research involves law, economics, and public policy, has been provost at the University of Pennsylvania since 2005. He is credited with increasing the diversity of both the student body and the faculty, by helping create a no-loan program for the neediest students, increasing the number of international programs at Penn, and working across academic disciplines. Before coming to Penn, he was dean of the Faculty of Law and a law professor at the University of Toronto.

Pamela P. Flaherty, who is chair of Johns Hopkins’s governing board and who led the presidential search committee, said the university was looking for a president who had worked at a major research university, had experience working with medical schools and large health-science complexes, and could work in a decentralized environment.

Mr. Daniels, 49, had all that, as well as a demonstrated talent for fund raising and the respect of his colleagues, she said. …

The university declined to say what it will pay Mr. Daniels, who starts his new job March 2. He replaces William R. Brody, who is retiring after 12 years at the head of the university.

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