'I am honored and delighted to accept the job as Northwestern's next president,' incoming president Rebecca M. Blank said.
For the first time in its 170-year history, Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois will be led by a woman.
The university's board of trustees announced Monday that Rebecca M. Blank would become the institution's 17th president upon taking office in Summer 2022. Blank is currently the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position that she has held since 2013. "I am honored and delighted to accept the job as Northwestern's next president," said Blank in a statement."Northwestern is a school that I have known and admired for years. Its reputation as a top-rated educational and research institution has grown each decade. It will be my mission to make sure the institution's reputation and quality continues to accelerate."
The board of trustees praised Blank as a choice that will help support the university into the future."The Presidential Search Committee met with an incredibly competitive pool of candidates and unanimously recommended Rebecca Blank to the Board for election as our 17th president," Peter Barris, the chair of the Presidential Search Committee and a vice-chair of Northwestern's Board of Trustees said in a statement.
Rebecca M. Blank will become the first woman president in Northwestern University's 170-year history. Above, Blank is seen during a Washington, D.C. summit in 2012.A well-known economist, Blank has a Ph.D. in economics from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has taught as a professor at some of the top academic universities across the United States, including Northwestern,Blank has also spent a significant amount of time working for the government.
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