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Farvardin replaces former Clark School dean William Destler, who will become president of the Rochester Institute for Technology. </p><p> </p><p>This will be Rabin's second term in this capacity. He was previously interim dean at the Clark School in 1999 and 2000, just after Provost William Destler stepped down as dean of the Clark School and before Nariman Farvardin was named. </p><p> </p><p>"Herb served with great skill and resourcefulness in that period, as I?m sure he will do now," Destler said. "It is greatly reassuring that this crucial transitional role will be filled by someone so respected and well liked within the school, the university and the engineering and business communities. Certainly, there can be no one better prepared for the job." </p><p> </p><p>Rabin served as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, applied and space technology from 1979-83, and before that in a number of positions at the Naval Research Laboratory, the last of which was associate director of research with responsibility for space programs. His degrees are in physics (B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, M.S. from the University of Illinois, and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland). </p><p> </p><p>He is a fellow of several professional societies including the American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 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