The Provost’s office will honor Clemson’s past interim VP for research, R. Larry Dooley, Ph.D. at at retirement reception from 3 until 5 p.m. May 9 at Almeda Jacks Ballroom A of the Hendrix Student Center.
Dooley joined Clemson in 1985 as professor of bioengineering and as the research director for the Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina. He served as bioengineering department chair from 1994 to 2003 and as associate dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering and Science until 2012, at which time he was asked to serve as interim dean of the College of Engineering and Science. He was appointed interim vice president for research in 2013.
Under Dooley’s leadership, Clemson’s annual research revenues grew to more than $100 million, and the school achieved “highest research activity” status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The number of students receiving doctoral degrees from Clemson’s Graduate School, another measure of research activity, increased from 107 in 2001 to 270 in 2015.
