The University of Chicago Booth School of Business named an engineer from Stanford University as its new dean.

The prominent business school said Wednesday that it hired Sunil Kumar, a Stanford University professor, to succeed outgoing Dean Edward Snyder.

Kumar, 42, is a professor of operations, information and technology and an associate dean for academic affairs at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, Calif. He starts his five-year term Jan. 1. Get the full story »