96-05-30 Robert Gold to be Acting Dean of MPS

ROBERT GOLD TO BE ACTING DEAN OF MATH AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

     COLUMBUS -- Robert Gold, professor of mathematics and 
associate dean, will be named acting dean of the College of 
Mathematical and Physical Sciences at The Ohio State University.

     Richard Sisson, senior vice president for academic affairs 
and provost, announced Wednesday (5/29) that Gold has agreed to 
serve as acting dean beginning July 1 until a new dean can be 
recruited.  Sisson will appoint a search committee in the near 
future to find a permanent dean for the college.  Gold's 
appointment must be approved by the university's Board of 
Trustees.

     Gold will replace James Garland, dean of the College of 
Mathematical and Physical Sciences since 1991.  Garland has 
accepted a job as president of Miami University.

     "Dr. Gold brings to this position substantial experience in 
the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and in the 
university community, both as a teacher and a scholar," said 
Sisson, in announcing the appointment.

     Gold, 54, joined the Ohio State faculty as an assistant
professor in the Department of Mathematics in 1968.  He was 
promoted to full professor in 1986 and named associate dean in 
1991. Gold has also served as vice chair for instruction in the 
Department of Mathematics and has coordinated the instruction of 
several undergraduate mathematics courses.

     An expert in the field of number theory, Gold has authored 
or co-authored more than two dozen publications and has won 
several grants and awards.  Gold also serves on many university 
committees.

     He earned a bachelor's degree with high honors at Swarthmore 
College in 1964, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology in 1968.  He spent a year as a Humboldt Foundation 
Research Fellow in Regensburg, Germany, in 1978-79. 

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Contact: Richard Sisson, (614) 292-5881
         or Robert Gold, (614) 292-2874.


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