Anil Puri, dean of Cal State University-Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, was named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 25.
He will serve in the role while a national search for a permanent appointee is conducted. It’s too early to know if Puri will add his name to the search.
Morteza Rahmatian will serve as interim dean of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, the university announced last week.
Puri will fill roles left vacant by José Cruz, who’s been appointed president of Lehman College in New York. He’s held the provost and vice president posts at CSUF since December 2012.
Puri is Cal State Fullerton’s longest-serving dean, having headed the business college since June 1998. He led a six-year, $50 million capital campaign that included the construction of Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, along with the naming of the college in honor of Mihaylo, a class of 1969 business administration graduate.
He earned his doctorate and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Minnesota.
—Deirdre Newman
