The Chronicle of Higher Education

New Dean at Chapel Hill Brings Apt Name to His Post

It 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...

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