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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.
