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Enzymes are complex proteins that catalyze specific chemical reactions. As an enzymologist by training, Jeremy R. Knowles was one of the world’s greatest experts on these reactions, but even outside the lab, as an administrator, Knowles had a knack for catalyzing change.
With the death of Knowles, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has lost one of its great professors and administrators. Knowles served as the Dean of FAS for nearly 12 years. After his battle with cancer, it is with sadness that we look upon his death, but with a strong...
When he stepped into office in 1991, Knowles was the first scientist to serve as Dean of FAS. At the start of his deanship, Knowles was faced with a faculty that was running $12 million deficits. He managed to bring it back to solvency while aggressively expanding space for the...
“He has done something for the University that very few people have in its recent past,” said music professor Christoph Wolff, who served as graduate school dean under Knowles during the 1990s. “He made an enormous difference to the College, the...
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