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deanIn education, in universities and medical schools, the head of administration; in the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, UK, the member of the teaching staff charged with the maintenance of discipline; in the USA, a leader in several administrative areas, such as the dean of students or dean of admissions; in Roman Catholicism, senior cardinal bishop, head of the college of cardinals; in the Anglican communion, head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church (a rural dean presides over a division of an archdeaconry). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In recent years he has worked closely with the cathedral's retired dean, James Park Morton, who founded the Interfaith Center of New York and helped organize the Parliament of World Religions. The School of Public Policy filled its top post with the appointment of its interim dean, James Wilburn, as inaugural dean April 28. |
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