Del Shankel
- August 4, 1927
- July 12, 2018
- 90 years
About Del Shankel
Del Shankel, 90, American microbiologist and academic administrator, Chancellor of University of Kansas (1980–1981, 1994–1995).
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|Delbert Merrill Shankel (August 4, 1927 – July 12, 2018) was an American microbiologist and academic administrator. He served as the interim chancellor of the University of Kansas in 1994. Shankel, a microbiologist, was educated at Walla Walla College and University of Texas (PhD in Bacteriology and Biochemistry, 1959). He started teaching at the University of Kansas' Department of Microbiology in 1959. He retired in 1996 and was named professor and chancellor emeritus
Shankel died on July 12, 2018.
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