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...Howard Hiatt, dean of the School of Public Health, yesterday appointed Elkan R. Blout, professor of Biological Chemistry at the Medical School, as dean of academic affairs at the School of Public Health. Blout succeeds Dr. Brian MacMahon, who resigned from the post last spring...
...Hiatt said yesterday that Blout "should work very well" with the school's faculty and help ease tension between Hiatt and some members of the faculty...
During his six years as dean of the Health School, Hiatt has tried to redirect the aims of the institution towards the application of medical science to solve the world's health problems. One of the main reasons for Blout's appointment was "his interest in science and its application to social problems," Hiatt said...
...schism between Hiatt and his faculty came to a head in August, when 17 senior faculty members addressed a petition to Bok calling for Hiatt's resignation. The members who signed cited Hiatt's "alleged neglect of the collegial process" and his alleged disregard for faculty input into school policy as reasons for a dismissal, but Bok backed the dean...
...sure how much the letter means to him, as he has received "many other letters in support of the dean," including one from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.). Bok has not planned any action over this most recent flare of controversy until he speaks to Hiatt and Torrens...