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Gwyn Richards, dean of the IU Jacobs School of Music, to step down June 30

Jeremy Allen, executive associate dean, named interim dean

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Gwyn Richards, the David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, will step down June 30, after a successful two-decade career as the school’s leader, to return to the faculty in choral conducting.

Jeremy Allen, the Eugene O’Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean for the Jacobs School of Music, will be appointed as interim dean of the school on July 1.

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**Gwyn Richards** David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean

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Gwyn Richards, dean of the IU Jacobs School of Music, to step down June 30

Jeremy Allen, executive associate dean, named interim dean