By Julie Wernau | Northwestern University has selected Sally Blount, dean of the undergraduate college and vice dean of the
Stern School of Business at New York University, to lead the Kellogg School of Management.

Blount, an alumna of Kellogg, will begin in July, Northwestern Provost Daniel I. Linzer announced today. She succeeds Sunil Chopra, who has served as interim dean of Kellogg since
last September.

“Dean Blount brings a remarkable combination of strong academic
achievement and proven administrative experience at both the business
school and university levels,” Linzer said. “She is someone who has a
demonstrable record as both a scholar and as a leader in the field of
global business education.”

Blount, 48, received her Ph.D. in management and organizations from
Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in 1992 after earning a
joint bachelor’s degree from Princeton University’s engineering and
Woodrow Wilson schools in 1983.

From 1992-2001, Blount was on the
faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where
she was consistently one of the most highly rated MBA and executive
education instructors.

“It is a great honor to be appointed to lead Kellogg,” Blount said.
“The school has meant so much to me professionally and personally.”