Sallie Keller-McNulty Named New Engineering Dean at Rice

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Sallie Keller-McNulty, group leader for the Statistical Sciences Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will become the new dean of Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering in July. "Choosing as an academic dean a group leader at Los Alamos may seem an out-of-the-box choice," Rice President David W. Leebron said. "However, engineering needs out-of-the-box thinkers, and Rice and its Engineering School have them. Our search committee, chaired superbly by Dean Kathleen Matthews, produced an outstanding group of finalists, and we selected the best for Rice." Rice Provost Eugene Levy said, "We are thrilled to have recruited Sallie Keller-McNulty as Rice's next dean of engineering. Sallie compiled a distinguished record of accomplishment and respect at Los Alamos and has built a strong reputation as an energetic and encouraging leader, wonderful at motivating others. She is also known for her ability to recruit and retain talented scholars."