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IIT names new president

The trustees at the Illinois Institute of Technology have selected a chemical engineering academic to be the schools eighth president.

John Anderson, 61, currently provost of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will start as the Illinois Institute of Technologys (IIT) president on Aug. 1. He replaces Lew Collens, who is retiring after 16 years as leader of the school, which includes the Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Stuart School of Business.

Mr. Anderson, who holds multiple degrees in chemical engineering, says he has two immediate goals: fundraising and reclaiming the top-notch engineering and sciences reputation that IIT held decades ago.

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