Excerpt from the Dayton Business Journal
Wright State University has named a permanent dean for the Raj Soin College of Business after a search that lasted more than two years.
Thomas Traynor, the college's interim dean since April 2017, assumed the position on a permanent basis effective Nov. 1, the university announced Tuesday.
Traynor replaced Joanne Li, who left the position to become dean of the College of Business at Florida International University.
Traynor has been with Wright State since 1988 and was named a professor of economics in 2003. He chaired the university's department of economics from 1998 to 2001, and again from 2010 to 2016.
He previously served as associate dean for graduate studies and executive education.
"As associate dean, he facilitated the continued development of the college's five master's degree programs, executive education programs, international education, and regional business and economic outreach," wrote Susan Edwards, the incoming president of Wright State University, in an email to campus faculty and students.
