Drexel recently welcomed two new deans and will soon bid farewell to a CEO.
In January, Drexel’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law named Daniel M. Filler, JD (pictured) as its new dean, following the retirement of founding dean Roger Dennis, JD. Filler has previously served as the Kline School’s senior associate dean for academic and faculty affairs and, as an inaugural faculty member, has helped with the formative development of the school, which just recently celebrated 10 years. In this new leadership role, Filler brings a wealth of legal practice experience, in addition to 18 years in teaching.
In February, Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, MD, DrPH, ScD, joined Drexel as the new dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. One of the nation’s leading occupational and environmental medicine scholars, Brandt-Rauf came to Drexel from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where he served as dean since 2008. His wife, Sherry, is now a teaching professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health.
This summer George W. Gephart Jr. will retire after six years as president and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Gephart, a long-time Philadelphia-area business and nonprofit leader, worked with President John Fry to combine Drexel and the Academy, uniting two of Philadelphia’s most respected institutions.