David M. Dooley

David Marlin Dooley[1]
11th President of the University of Rhode Island
In office
July 2009 – July 31, 2021
Preceded byRobert Carothers
Succeeded byMarc Parlange
Personal details
Born (1952-05-13) May 13, 1952 (age 72)[2]
Tulare County, California, U.S.
SpouseRev. Lynn Erville Baker
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego (BS)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known forCharacterization of organometallic compounds
Scientific career
FieldsBioinorganic chemistry
InstitutionsAmherst College
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Montana State University (provost)
University of Rhode Island (president)
ThesisSpectroscopic and magnetic studies of the coordination environment and electronic structure of copper sites in blue copper oxidases (1979)
Doctoral advisorHarry B. Gray
Signature

David Marlin Dooley (born 13 May 1952) is an American chemist with expertise in organometallic compounds, and university administrator who has served as Provost of Montana State University and the eleventh president of the University of Rhode Island.

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  2. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.