OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A top administrator at the University of Kansas Medical Center has been chosen to head the university’s Edwards Campus in Overland Park.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports the appointment of 43-year-old David Cook as vice chancellor for the Johnson County was announced Monday.
The Edwards Campus serves as the university’s adult education center in the Kansas City area. Cook will take office April 15 as the permanent replacement for Bob Clark, who oversaw the campus for 15 years before stepping down Jan. 1.
Cook has spent the past 14 years at the university’s Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He has served as an associate professor in the School of Medicine and, since 2008, as the Medical Center’s associate vice chancellor for community engagement.