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<p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to inform you that the Board of Trustees has approved the promotion to Professor, effective June 2, 2016 of Dr. Michael Poirier and Dr. Douglass Schumacher. Both have excelled in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service
and we are happy to add them to our ranks as Full professors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jim<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">James J. Beatty</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white">Chair, Department of Physics</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">Department of Physics</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white">1040R Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH 43210</span><br>
<span style="background:white">614-292-2653 Office</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:beatty.85@osu.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;background:white">beatty.85@osu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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