HOUGHTON, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Keith A. Horn, former division vice president and director of commercial technology for Corning Incorporated in Corning, NY has been named Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, effective November 3, 2009.
"Keith understands the role of the sciences in the 21st century world and its centrality in addressing the most compelling social and ethical issues of our time," said Shirley A. Mullen, college president. "He brings his expertise as a chemist, his passion for the sciences, his global experience, and a background which enables him to build bridges between Houghton College and the larger academic and business world."
Horn, who graduated from Houghton College in 1975, will be responsible for leadership of the natural sciences and mathematics, including strategic planning, programmatic and faculty development and the expansion of facilities to accommodate growth. He will also assist with advancement efforts to secure resources for programmatic and facilities development, endowment and scholarships.
"Houghton has a great record of producing outstanding graduates in the natural sciences and mathematics. It is exciting to return to Houghton to join a vibrant faculty and an administration that are committed to continuing that tradition of excellence. I hope to use my academic, industrial and international experience to help develop the educational paradigms and research experiences that will produce leaders capable of addressing the tough interdisciplinary socio-technical problems of this century," stated Horn.
Horn received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Houghton College and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. Following a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Ohio State University, he joined the faculty of the Tufts University Chemistry Department in 1981, where he taught for four years. Horn then spent 12 years in the Research and Development organization of AlliedSignal, Inc. in Morristown, N.J., where he was responsible for research efforts in photochemistry, organic synthesis and non-linear optics.
In 1997, Horn joined Corning Incorporated where over the last 12 years he has held a variety of senior management positions in research and commercial technology development organizations. Most recently, Horn was the division vice president and director of commercial technology for the Environmental Technologies Division. Horn has had extensive experience managing research and product development in North America, Europe, Russia and Asia.
Horn is the author of 38 scientific articles in refereed journals and holds 13 U.S. patents. He has held memberships in the SAE, American Chemical Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Chi and SPIE.
Houghton College, founded in 1883, provides an academically challenging, Christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a changing world.
The college of 1,200 students is located in Western New York, just 65 miles from Rochester and Buffalo. For more information, please visit www.houghton.edu.
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Sharon Myers
585-567-9559
Houghton College
