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East Lansing, Mich. — Elvin Lashbrooke, professor emeritus of finance and law, will be recommended to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees for the position of interim dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at MSU, effective July 1. 

“I am excited by the qualities and experience that Elvin brings to the job and am pleased that he’s willing to serve the college in this capacity at this time,” said MSU Provost Kim Wilcox. “I also would like to recognize outgoing dean Bob Duncan for all that he has accomplished in these past six years.” 

Lashbrooke served as dean of the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from 1997-99 and as associate dean of the Broad School from 1993-97 and again from 1999-2001. He also served as director of Study Abroad and e-Learning Initiatives in MSU’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) after leaving the dean’s office. He is currently the director of the Summer Business Program at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge in England. He also received his doctorate in finance from MSU. 

"It is both a privilege and honor to be chosen to lead the Broad College where I had been student, faculty and administrator for nearly two decades,” Lashbrooke said. “People make a college and university great. I look forward to working with this great group of people – faculty, staff, students, university administrators and the alumni – during this period of transition." 

In July 2007, the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean Robert Duncan announced he was stepping down as dean of the Broad School to return to the management department as a faculty member. The search for a permanent dean will continue in the fall. 

The Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at MSU is consistently among the top-ranked business schools in the country, with more than 6,000 students currently enrolled in undergraduate, MBA, masters, doctoral and executive development programs. Visit www.bus.msu.edu for more information.

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