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Prof. Herman Kingma new University Council chairman as of 1 March
26 February 2010
In a closed meeting held on 24 february, the University Council of Maastricht University unanimously approved the appointment of Professor Herman Kingma, PhD, as the new chairman of the University Council.
Kingma is 59 years old and a professor of Clinical Vestibulology in FHML’s Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (KNO) department. To a wider audience, he is especially known for his research on balance disturbances. Before and during the merger with the Faculty of Health Sciences, Kingma chaired the Faculty Council of the medical faculty, and as such, played an important administrative role in the discussion and decision-making process of the merger of the two faculties and the establishment of the university’s medical centre MUMC+. As of 1 March, Kingma will take the position of UR chairman for a period of two years.
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