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James Ebert, former director of alumni relations and annual giving at Yale Divinity School, is now an associate director of the Columbia College Fund. He will lead special fund-raising initiatives in the Alumni Office, including the undergraduate financial aid campaign and “Frontiers of Science,” the new Science Core course for first-years … Susan Murray has joined the Alumni Office as an assistant director of the College Fund. Murray most recently worked in fund raising for NYC2012, which is trying to bring the Olympic Games to New York City … On July 1, Timothy Cross, former director of electronic programs in the Alumni Office, assumed the newly created position of director of undergraduate programs and grants. Cross collaborates with SEAS to identify foundation, corporate and government support for undergraduate programs and educational initiatives … Assuming the position vacated by Cross, Adlar García ’95, former assistant director for alumni affairs, young alumni, now holds responsibility for the Columbia E-Community, the online networking tool for College and SEAS graduates, as well as for the monthly alumni e-newsletters.

David M. Schizer, a 35-year-old Columbia Law professor, has been named the school’s 14th dean, making him the youngest dean of the nation’s top law schools. Schizer succeeds David W. Leebron, who was dean for eight years before becoming president of Rice … Mark Wigley, who has served as interim dean for the past year following the resignation of Bernard Tschumi, has been named dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wigley has written extensively on the theory and practice of architecture. He has served as guest curator for widely attended exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Drawing Center, New York; the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; and Witte de With Museum, Rotterdam.

Albert G. Horvath has been named executive vice president for finance, effective October 1. Horvath, former controller at NYU, comes to Columbia from Cal Tech, where he is v.p. for business and finance … R. Keith Walton, who has served as secretary of the University, has been promoted to executive v.p. and secretary of the University … Deborah F. Stiles, formerly a partner at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, has been named v.p. for research operations for the University … Simon Klarfeld had been named executive director of Columbia/ Barnard Hillel, and Rabbi Charles Scheer, who served at Columbia for 34 years, is now director and Jewish chaplain emeritus.

Cindy Kong has accepted the newly created position of assistant dean of planning and administration for the College. Kong has worked in the University’s Office of Management and Budget since 1993, serving as associate budget director for the past seven years.

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