New Dean of UC Berkeley's Hass School of Business

Richard K. Lyons, the chief learning officer of Goldman Sachs, New York, was named the 14th dean of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced today.                  

Lyons holds a professorship at the Haas School and served as acting dean of the school in 2004/05. He succeeds Tom Campbell, an economist, a former Stanford Law School professor, and former Congressman, who led the Haas School since 2002.  Lyons is the author of The Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rates .   

Congratulations Professor Lyons!  More information on Lyons and his new position (including a brief video) can be found here.