“I believe that the passions and concerns of everyone, on every side of every issue and problem, must be heard. My hope is that such discourse will be characterized by civility and not rancor, by collaboration, not competition, by what we have in common, not by how we differ. And, I hope that we can practice forgiveness when mistakes are made.”
– Dennis R. Horn, 2012
Dr. Dennis Horn with just a couple of the artworks he curated for the Herak and Paccar buildings.
In Spring 2016, we said goodbye to one of our beloved GU community leaders and Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Dr. Dennis Horn.
Dr. Horn served as the Dean of our School from 1997-2012, an incredible 15 years. Under his stewardship enrollment more than doubled. He oversaw major renovations and expansion of the Herak Center, along with the 2008 construction of the PACCAR Center for Applied Science. He also helped establish an Engineering in Italy program for students in 2010.
His leadership resulted in the development of new undergraduate degree programs in computer engineering and engineering management, and development of a graduate certificate program in transmission and distribution. Dr. Horn also led several of our programs successfully through the accreditation process, effectively working to help our School reach new levels of excellence.
A Celebration of Life service was held in honor of Dr. Dennis Horn on July 2, 2016 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane.