New dean named for CU business school

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David Ikenberry, associate dean in the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, according to a CU press release. %uFFFD

Ikenberry will succeed interim Dean Manuel Laguna, who has served in the position since November 2009, after former Dean Dennis Ahlburg left CU to become president of Trinity University in San Antonio. %uFFFD

Ikenberry oversees degree and nondegree executive education for the University of Illinois College of Business. He has held faculty and administrative positions at Rice University, the University of Washington and the University of Illinois since 1990, the press release said. %uFFFD

Ikenberry teaches investments and corporate finance. Business Week named him one of the best instructors in the nation in 2002, and he has been given other teaching awards during his time at Rice and Illinois University.

Ikenberry’s appointment will become effective on Feb 14.