May 9, 2008
Mayo Clinic Trustees Welcome New Member, Honor New Named Professors
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees today welcomed Purdue University President France Córdova, Ph.D., as a new member and recognized four awardees of Mayo Clinic named professorships.
Dr. Córdova became the 11th president of Purdue University on July 16,
2007, having previously served as chancellor at the University of
California (UC) Riverside from 2002 to 2007. She also was Distinguished
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UC Riverside. An internationally
recognized astrophysicist, Dr. Córdova has also served as professor of
physics and vice-chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara. Before
joining UC Santa Barbara in 1996, she was chief scientist at NASA from
1993 to 1996, where she was the primary scientific adviser to the NASA
administrator and the principal interface between NASA headquarters and
the broader scientific community.
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