The Region - News from Dec. 9, 1986

Appointment of Dr. Edward L. Schneider, former deputy director of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health, as dean of USC’s Andrus Gerontology Center and Leonard Davis School of Gerontology was announced by Dr. Cornelius Pings, USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Schneider replaces Dr. James E. Birren, who retired in June to become professor and director of USC’s Institute for Advanced Study in Gerontology and Geriatrics.