Karen A. Holbrook

Karen A. Holbrook is the 13th presiding president of The Ohio State University in the USA. She took office on October 1, 2002, replacing Interim President Edward H. Jennings. Holbrook earned her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in zoology. After teaching biology at Ripon College, she earned a Ph.D. in biological structure from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1972, then pursued further training in dermatology. Image File history File links KarenHolbrook. ... Image File history File links KarenHolbrook. ... This article is about Ohio State; there is also an Ohio University. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Biology (from Greek βίος λόγος, see below) is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. ... // Ripon College is a liberal arts college in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1851, but its first class of students did not enroll until 1853. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Dermatology (from Greek derma, skin) is a branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its appendages (hair, nails, sweat glands etc). ...

Prior to leading Ohio State University, Holbrook was a professor of biological structure and medicine at University of Washington School of Medicine, Vice president for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida, and most recently Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia. At all points in her career Holbrook has continued to research dermatology. In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university located in Gainesville, Florida. ... Provost is the title of a senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of Vice-Chancellor at certain UK universites such as UCL, and the head of certain Oxbridge colleges (e. ... The University of Georgia, is located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia and is the largest institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. ...

In addition to her academic responsibilities, Holbrook serves on several non-profit boards, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of American Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Association of American Medical Colleges, American College Testing Program, American Council on Education, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and National Council for Science and the Environment, among many others. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an organization that promotes cooperation between scientists, defends scientific freedom, encourages scientific responsibility and supports scientific education for the betterment of all humanity. ... The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. ... The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) is the oldest higher-education association within the US. External link NASULGC official web site Categories: Substubs ... The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a non_profit organization established in 1876 involved in the accreditation of medical schools and teaching hospitals in Canada and the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is a non-profit corporation operating in the United States. ...

Karen Holbrook will be resigning in June of 2007, ending her five-year career at Ohio State.

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External links

• Official Biography from Ohio State Office of the President's Office
• onCampus newspaper story on election of Karen Holbrook
• Letter of resignation and facts about her years as President