11.   He may get help from the department chairman, Garry Brown, who said he wanted to encourage more student-initiated research.

12.   He returned to his role as a full-time researcher and teacher after his stint as department chairman.

13.   He joined the faculty three years later and became curator of seed plants and department chairman.

14.   Her senior year, Kopp chose sociology department chairman Marvin Bressler as her thesis adviser.

15.   Her stepfather, Dr. Carlos Sluzki, a psychiatrist, could not leave his position as a hospital department chairman.

16.   In addition to teaching and researching, he was a department chairman and acting dean of Yale College.

17.   Kiersch, a former professor and department chairman at Cornell University, was a leading figure in engineering geology.

18.   Manufacturing may be weakening as well, said David Mirza, economics department chairman at Loyola University in Chicago.

19.   Son of the UW department chairman in biostatistics, Fleming had been a soccer player who burned out, finally joining the Seattle Prep football team as a senior.

20.   The African-American former chairwoman of social work, Jean Cobbs, is accusing administrators and department chairmen of discriminating against her for being a Republican.