Kellogg Dean Dipak Jain to Step Down September 1st

After serving as the Kellogg School of Management's dean for the past eight years, Dipak Jain will step down from his post on September 1, and will return to the Kellogg faculty following a year’s leave of absence. The school will soon appoint an interim dean, and Northwestern University will begin a national search for Jain's replacement.

"I have been both honored and fortunate to have been able to serve as dean of this wonderful school," Jain said in an announcement to the Kellogg community. "Over the past eight years as dean, it has been my pleasure to work alongside wonderful colleagues whose dedication to Kellogg has made my job a joy. I truly appreciate the support, guidance and assistance that I have received from Kellogg faculty, staff, students and alumni during my tenure as dean."

Jain, 51, first came to Kellogg in 1986 as an assistant professor. Since 1994 he has been the Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of marketing. This move will allow him to return to what he loves most -- conducting research and teaching Kellogg's students.

This is the first real leadership search the school has had to conduct for some time, since Donald Jacobs held the school's dean post from 1975 through 2001, after which Jain, a Kellogg faculty member at the time, assumed the mantle in what was a simple internal transition of leadership. Now, for the first time in more than three decades Kellogg will have to conduct an original search for its next leader, a search that may take it outside of Kellogg's walls.

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