# Chateau de la Tobler

## Thursday, September 01, 2005

### Do you know him, Mema?

BYU appoints a new dean of the College of Biology and Agriculture. Is his name at all familiar, Mema?

> Brigham Young University has announced the appointment of Rodney J. Brown, deputy undersecretary for research, education and economics at the United States Department of Agriculture, as the new dean of the College of Biology and Agriculture.
> Raised on a dairy farm in Coalville, Utah, he received degrees from BYU, Utah State University and North Carolina State University and spent two years as a research scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Just curious, since he looks to be around your age and is from Coalville. He will be replacing R. Kent Crookston, a man both Brad and I admire greatly.

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