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Jean-Lou Chameau, provost at Georgia Tech, takes over from David Baltimore as president of Caltech on September 1. Chameau, 53, is a French-born civil engineer. Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, Caltech press release. The Chronicle of Higher Education plans to get to it on Tuesday.
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