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THE COLLEGE OF NEW
ROCHELLE APPOINTS
NEW DEAN FOR SCHOOL
OF ARTS & SCIENCES
 NEW ROCHELLE, NY,
August 11, 2004 -- Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, President of The College of
New Rochelle (CNR), has announced the appointment of Dr. Richard
Thompson as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, effective August
1, 2004.
“Dr. Thompson is a very experienced, committed educator who comes to
assume leadership of the School of Arts and Sciences possessing
impressive personal gifts and professional expertise,” said Dr.
Sweeny. “As we embark on our next hundred years, we are confident
that Dr. Thompson will be an effective leader for the School of Arts
and Sciences and a strong advocate for the value of single-sex
education for women.”
Dr. Thompson joins CNR after an 18-year career at Wheelock College in
Boston, initially as a faculty member, then in positions with
increasing administrative responsibilities. The majority of his career
has focused on Child Development, especially on the emotional care of
children and their families in health care settings. In his most
recent role as Dean of Child and Family Studies at Wheelock, Dr.
Thompson had oversight for graduate and undergraduate programs in Child
Life and Family-Centered Care, Child Development, Family Studies, Human
Services, and Birth to Three: Development and Intervention. He
was also responsible for: hiring, mentoring and evaluation of faculty;
budget development and management; as well as overall planning and
program development in conjunction with Arts and Sciences faculty for
the Child and Family Studies Division.
Dr. Thompson’s career has included positions as: Assistant Professor of
Clinical Pediatrics at the College of Medicine, University of Chicago
and Director of Child Life and Family Education Department, University
of Chicago Medical Center; as well as child-life oriented positions
with Edgewood College (MN), Utica College of Syracuse University (NY),
and Minneapolis Children’s Health Center (MN). A prolific author,
Dr. Thompson has written several books and articles on children in
hospital settings, participated in national research projects on this
topic, and served as Co-Editor of Children’s Health Care, a research
journal on the psychosocial care of children and families in pediatric
settings.
Dr. Thompson
was graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in History, the
University of Louisville with an M.A.T. in Elementary Education, and
from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a Ph.D. in Child and
Family Studies. He and his family reside in New Rochelle, NY.
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