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Ronald J. Daniels, 49, provost of the University of Pennsylvania since 2005, has been named the 14th president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, effective March 2.
Daniels succeeds William R. Brody, who is stepping down after nearly 12 years at Hopkins, the nation's largest research-intensive university, in terms of research dollars, according to school information. The university has a branch in Rockville.
Daniels "stood out in a truly remarkable field of highly qualified candidates for this senior leadership position," Pamela P. Flaherty, chairwoman of both the board of trustees and the search committee, said in a statement.
"From the first moment that I met with the search committee, I was attracted to the research eminence of the university and the many, many instances of international excellence that pervade and define it," Daniels said.
