Dr. Dipak Jain, who earned both his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been named dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. U.S. News and World Report recently ranked Kellogg as the third best management school in the nation.

At UTD, Dr. Jain earned a Master of Science in management and administrative science in August 1986 and received his doctorate in management science in December 1986. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in statistics from Gauhati University in India.

Dr. Jain has been associate dean of Kellogg since 1996. He is also Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of marketing. He succeeds Donald Jacobs, who has been dean of Kellogg for 26 years.