MARY MILLER APPOINTED DEAN AT FRIDAY CEREMONY
Saybrook Master to begin deanship Dec. 1
Mary E. Miller GRD '81, the Sterling Professor of the History of Art and master of Saybrook College, was named the next dean of Yale College in a ceremony this afternoon.
University President Richard Levin announced Miller’s appointment — first reported by the News this morning — which fills the position that had been opened by Peter Salovey’s move to the provostship at the start of this month. Miller, who will be the first woman to hold Yale College’s highest office, will begin her tenure as dean on Dec. 1.
“Mary is the embodiment of what you would look for in a Yale...
This is great news for Yale. Master Miller was a terrific leader of Saybrook; she will no doubt be the same for all the College.
Mary Miller is incredible.
Yes, history has been written. Levin was not serious about his commitment to diversity. What a shame.
Isn't it significant that Levin has appointed the first female Dean? Diversity is not all about race...
Mary Miller is amazing!!!!
Mary Miller was a horrible, nonchalant, and negligent master. She will be an even worse dean. What a poor choice.
Truth Detector - Your anti-meritocratic attitude, widely shared in the highest reaches of academia (cf. Miller's own quote), is hugely responsible for the extent to which that realm is a laughingstock and a mediocrity.
If those three white guys and one white female are, as I believe them to be, the most qualified... so be it. It would be one thing if an obviously superior candidate that wasn't white was passed up, but that is not the case. Get over it.
Ahh . . . three white guys and one white female. Not a paradigm of a diverse administration reflecting the society at large, is it?