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News

OMB Regulatory Affairs Head and Former Harvard Professor John Graham Announced as New PRGS Dean

Will Assume the Deanship on March 1, 2006

 

October 18, 2005 -- RAND President James Thomson and Executive Vice President Michael Rich announced yesterday that John D. Graham will join RAND on March 1, 2006, as third dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS) and holder of the new Chair in Policy Analysis. Graham comes to RAND with a distinguished track record of achievements in teaching, research, research management, and government service.

Since 2001, Graham has been Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President. In this position, he has been responsible for oversight of regulatory, statistical, and information policies for the federal government, directing a staff of 50 career policy analysts with backgrounds in science, engineering, economics, statistics, and law.

Graham's most recent academic appointment was as Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He had been on the faculty at Harvard from 1985 until President Bush nominated him and the U.S. Senate confirmed him for his current position at OMB.

Graham has been the author or coauthor of nearly 200 books, articles, and reports on a broad array of issues related to risk estimation and management in such policy areas as health, safety, environment, and energy. In addition to serving as the deputy chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management, he was the founding director of the Center for Risk Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1989 to 2001. He created the center with programs in automotive safety, environmental health, and medical technology, raising more than $10 million in governmental and private support for new faculty positions, new course development, and research support for numerous Harvard faculty and doctoral students.

Graham has a B.A. in economics and politics from Wake Forest University, an M.A. in public affairs from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in urban and public affairs from Carnegie Mellon University.

Read the full news release on www.rand.org.