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    List of Past Deans
    Kate VandenBosch, 2012 – 2022
    Molly Jahn, 2006 – 2010
    Elton D. Aberle, 1998 – 2005
    Neal Jorgensen, 1997 – 1998
    Roger E. Wyse, 1992 – 1997
    Leo M. Walsh, 1979 – 1991
    Glenn S. Pound, 1964 – 1979
    Rudolph K. Froker, 1948 – 1964
    Ira Baldwin, 1945 – 1948
    Edwin B. Fred, 1943 – 1945
    C.L. Christensen, 1930 – 1943
    Harry L. Russell, 1907 – 1930
    William A. Henry, 1880 – 1907

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