Benjamin Houlton named dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
August 03, 2020![](https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_home/public/2020-08/20200723-houlton-ben-17-tn.jpg?itok=XPZfArPe)
Benjamin Houlton, director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment and professor of global environmental studies at the University of California, Davis, has been named the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, effective Oct. 1.