McDonald is named dean of LS&A

Terrence McDonald was approved by the Regents as dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at their June meeting.

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“I am honored to be chosen dean, and I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues of many years to create a vision for the next period in the long and distinguished history of LSA,” said McDonald, whose appointment is effective July 1. “During the next few years, we will work together to determine how LSA can strengthen and leverage its ties with the many schools within the University for the benefit of our faculty and students and the entire campus community.”

McDonald joined the University after receiving his doctorate from Stanford University in 1980. He was promoted to professor in 1992. In recent years he also has maintained an active public life, serving on the Ypsilanti City Council from 1994 to 2000.

An award-winning historian of the United States, McDonald has made important contributions to the fields of American urban political history and historical method.

McDonald had served as interim dean of LSA since the departure last year of Dean Shirley Newmann to the University of Toronto.