UNLV has hired a new dean for the College of Business, President Carol C. Harter announced Wednesday (April 9). Dr. Elvin C. Lashbrooke, associate dean of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, will assume his duties at UNLV on July 1.

"We are very fortunate to have a scholar and teacher of Dr. Lashbrooke's broad experience to lead our College of Business," Harter said in announcing the appointment.

Lashbrooke, who has served as associate dean at Michigan State since 1993, had previously chaired the university's department of general business and business law for 11 years. He has taught law and business courses at Michigan State, Cambridge University, Notre Dame Law School, Stetson University College of Law, and DePaul University College of Law. He taught mathematics at St. Edward's University and served as a mathematician and analyst for the National Security Agency. He also had a private law practice in Austin, Texas.

"I know our nationally accredited business programs will be taken to a new level of excellence under Dr. Lashbrooke's leadership," said Provost Douglas P. Ferraro. "I look forward to working with Dean Lashbrooke and the college faculty as we fulfill our mission to become a premier urban university."

Lashbrooke received the Ph.D. in finance from Michigan State University and his law and mathematics degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.