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It is sad to hear about this. Tom is a great guy to work with. He will be missed by all of us. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 7:24 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [asiacouncil] Passing of Dr. Tom Dolan</font>
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Eric,</div>
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I'm sorry to hear that. Tom gave a great presentation on North Korea a few years ago at the Asia Council Workshop. I'm sure his family is proud of his accomplishments and the productive and meaningful life that he lived.</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 5:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> asiacouncil@lighthouse.valdosta.edu <asiacouncil@lighthouse.valdosta.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [asiacouncil] Passing of Dr. Tom Dolan</font>
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<div>It is with a heavy heart that we report that one of our colleagues, Dr. Tom Dolan, recently passed away.
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<span style="font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Dolan joined the faculty of CSU in August 2000 after twenty years as
a Naval officer. He chaired the Political Science Department from 2003 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2014, retired as a Full Professor in 2018, was named Professor Emeritus that same year, and taught courses in Political Science as recently as last semester.</span></p>
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served as the Director of the Richard R. Hallock Lecture Series from 2007 to 2016. Under Dr. Dolan’s leadership, CSU hosted a series of internationally recognized speakers in the area of national security, including Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Major General
Patricia Frost. Dr. Dolan was himself a recognized expert on North Korea who had traveled there in recent years. He published numerous articles on Asian international issues, particularly related to Korea.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">Our deepest condolences go out to his family.</p>
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