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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues:<br>
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Tis the season to look for new Department Chairs… An old friend, Jeff Fergus (formerly from Auburn .. now Dean at ODU), asked me to post this message.
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Old Dominion University (ODU) is looking for a Department Chair for the “Systems Engineering & Engineering Management”..<o:p></o:p></p>
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Job details can be found in the link below:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can speak from personal experience that Jeff Fergus is a terrific leader and would be wonderful person to work with to continue to build the Department and School at ODU… and Norfolk, VA is a neat town to live in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bopaya<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">Bopaya Bidanda</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ernest Roth Professor of Industrial Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Past President, Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Business Administration (courtesy)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Department of Industrial Engineering</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222A35">1025 Benedum Hall | 3700 O’Hara Street | Pittsburgh PA 15261</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222A35">P: 412 624-9830 | F: 412 624-9831 | <a href="mailto:bidanda@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">bidanda@pitt.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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