Kenneth Roberts, Ph.D., dean of the
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been recommended for the position of
dean at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.
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LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 29, 1999) – Kenneth
Roberts, Ph.D., dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been
recommended for the position of dean at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy by
UK Chandler Medical Center Chancellor James W. Holsinger Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Holsinger
announced to UK College of Pharmacy faculty members today he would recommend to UK
President Charles Wethington Jr. that Roberts fill the position. Wethington then will
recommend to the UK Board of Trustees the appointment be made.
Roberts also is executive director and research professor at the Research Institute of
Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Mississippi. He received a bachelor of
science degree in pharmacy at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in Memphis,
a master of business administration degree from UT in Knoxville, and a doctorate from the
University of Mississippi.
He has been dean at Mississippi since 1989. Roberts is expected to fill the position
beginning in March 2000. William C. Lubawy, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs,
will continue to serve as interim dean.
The UK College of Pharmacy recently was ranked third among all U.S. pharmacy schools
offering graduate degrees in the "America’s Best Graduate Schools" issue of
U.S. News & World Report.
By Kristi Lopez |
