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Join TwinWest's Emerging Leaders for the February monthly luncheon featuring University of Minnesota President Dr. Eric Kaler. This event takes place Wednesday, February 22, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Golden Valley Golf & Country Club.

Dr. Kaler will share his vision for the University of Minnesota and its place here in our community and on the national stage and talk about his experience so far as the 16th president in the University's history. 

ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

Biographical Information:

Prior to assuming the presidency at the University of Minnesota on July 1, 2011, Dr. Kaler served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and vice president for Brookhaven National Laboratory affairs at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.

Kaler received his undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1978 and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1982. Before his appointment as provost of Stony Brook in October 2007, Kaler was a member of the faculty at the University of Delaware from 1989-2007. He served as chair of the Chemical Engineering Department from 1996 to 2000 and dean of the College of Engineering from 2000 to 2007. Kaler was named the Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1998. He was an assistant professor and an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington from 1982 to 1989. Kaler has received many awards and recognitions for his research, including election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010.

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