Colombo named interim dean of College of
Law
6/27/02
Mark Reutter, Business
& Law Editor
(217) 333-0568; mreutter@illinois.edu
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- John D. Colombo
today was named interim dean of the College of Law at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. The university Board of Trustees, meeting in Chicago, approved
the appointment, effective immediately. His appointment expires Aug. 30, by
which time a new dean is expected to have been named.
Colombo, a law professor at Illinois, will succeed Thomas M. Mengler, who stepped
down as the law dean after nine years.
Colombo previously served as associate dean for academic affairs. A specialist
in contracts and tax law, he earned his bachelor's and law degrees from Illinois
and joined the law faculty in 1988.