LAS CRUCES (AP) -- A 60-year-old Virginia man has been named dean of New Mexico State University's College of Health and Social Services.
Tilahun Adera, a native of Ethiopia, will start July 1 at a salary of $165,000.
He currently is senior associate dean for public health and a professor of epidemiology and community health at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
Adera holds a pharmacy degree, a masters in environmental health and another in public health and a doctorate in public health.
The college's associate dean, Larry Olsen, left his job last year after accusations he e-mailed pornography to a professor, and department head James Robinson stepped down.
Olsen and Robinson were among those named in a lawsuit last September accusing NMSU administrators of racial discrimination and professional retaliation.
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