New Dean at Chapel Hill Brings Apt Name to His PostIt may be nominative determinism, but he swears it's coincidental. James W. Dean Jr., who begins work on Friday as dean of the business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says his apt surname did not influence his career choice. To the contrary, Mr. Dean says, he always considered his... Copyright © 2009 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |