Sokol resigns as dean of the School of Medicine
Robert Sokol, MD, resigned as dean of the School of Medicine, effective May 27, 1999. Dr. Sokol completed 11 years as dean in April, including a year as interim dean. In announcing his resignation, he noted that he “felt it was time.” “I feel confident about the school’s promising
future, and I am proud of my role in helping to shape it,” he noted. Dr. Sokol has been with the WSU School of Medicine
since 1983 and has been dean since 1989. He joined WSU as chairman of
gynecology and obstetrics from Case Western Reserve University and
helped Wayne State’s rise as a nationally prominent research
university. His personal research with the National Institutes of Health
helped Dr. Sokol develop a well-earned reputation as the leading expert
on the subject of fetal alcohol syndrome. Dr. Sokol said, “I am grateful for the support I
have received and the fine individuals I have worked with that have
helped to build the school and the DMC during my tenure. I continue to
be devoted to our continuing success and will contribute in any way that
is required and requested.” Wayne State University President Irvin Reid said,
“Dean Sokol has made a lasting contribution to this university and he
has personally helped to improve the quality of health care for the
citizens of this region for decades to come. He recruited faculty from
around the world and his success helped to establish WSU as one of the
premier academic health centers in the nation.” University Provost Marilyn Williamson said, “Dr.
Sokol has provided superb direction in the research programs that have
led the school to rank 25th among medical schools nationally, and the
School of Medicine has been central to Wayne State’s rise to Carnegie
I status during that time. The university is grateful for all that Dean
Sokol has contributed to its work and its stature.” Dr. Sokol continues to serve as the director of the
C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development.
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