[Giants]

Less than a week after Levin was tapped at Stanford, UC picked Berkeley’s Chief Innovation Officer Richard Lyons as its new Chancellor. Prior to his current role, he was Haas business school dean.  Is this a new trend?  I don’t recall business school deans being a feeder job for the top job at elite colleges.  Interestingly, both Levin and Lyons hold PhDs from MIT.

Also, both men earned an undergrad degree from the school they will be leading.

[Giants]

Less than a week after Levin was tapped at Stanford, UC picked Berkeley’s Chief Innovation Officer Richard Lyons as its new Chancellor. Prior to his current role, he was Haas business school dean.  Is this a new trend?  I don’t recall business school deans being a feeder job for the top job at elite colleges.  Interestingly, both Levin and Lyons hold PhDs from MIT.

Also, both men earned an undergrad degree from the school they will be leading.