Thomas Mayo to Serve as Interim Dean of SMU 戴德曼法学院
汤姆·梅奥教授, a nationally recognized authority on medical ethics, award-winning law professor, 社区服务者, has been named interim dean of SMU 戴德曼法学院. He will serve in that capacity beginning May 16 while a University committee conducts a national search to replace current Dean Jennifer Collins, who is leaving SMU to become president of Rhodes College in Memphis on July 1.
“With nearly forty years of distinguished service to the law school and the university, most recently as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor Mayo brings a wealth of experience to this position,伊丽莎白·洛博亚说, SMU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “In my conversations with law school constituents this spring to inform our search for a permanent dean, Tom was a natural fit for the interim. We are fortunate and grateful for his willingness to serve.”
Mayo is senior associate dean for Academic Affairs, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and professor of law at the 戴德曼法学院. In addition to his SMU positions, he is an adjunct professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School and previously served as director of SMU’s 卡里米. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. Mayo is a co-founder of the 德克萨斯州法律临终关怀医院, the state's first pro bono legal clinic for persons with HIV/AIDS and terminal illnesses.
“这是, 首先也是最重要的, an honor to be asked to lead the school that has nourished and supported me academically and professionally for 38 years,梅奥说. “This is also a moment for humility. We have a fantastically accomplished faculty, the strongest and most diverse student body ever, 巨大的校友, 还有一群了不起的员工. They are collectively the heart and soul of this school, and I look forward to working with them all.”
Before coming to SMU in 1984, Mayo started his career as an associate with the Rochester, 纽约尼克松公司, 哈格雷夫(Hargrave), 德文 & 柯南道尔(现在 尼克松皮博迪律师事务所) after which he served as a law clerk to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then practiced with the Washington, D.C.，公司 卡温顿 & 柏灵律师事务所 in the areas of antitrust, securities fraud, election law, and communications.
Mayo was a member of the Council of the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas for 23 years and is a founding Fellow and past board member of the American Health Law Association，一个家伙在 Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture, and a recipient of the Dallas County Medical Society’s Millard J. 罗伯特·L. Heath Award for his contributions to medicine and leadership in Dallas County. He was elected to membership in the 美国法律学会 in 2012 and was the poetry columnist for the Dallas Morning 新闻 from 1998 to 2008.
Professor Mayo has taught a broad range of subjects during his tenure at Dedman Law, ranging from business torts to election law. He currently teaches Law & Medicine: Bioethics; Law & Medicine: Health Care; Law, Literature & Medicine; Legislation & Regulation, Public Health Law & 道德与侵权.
Mayo has received the law school's outstanding teacher award three times, as well as the University's outstanding volunteer award for community service, President's Associate Award as the outstanding member of the tenured faculty, and the University's Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Award. He has given hundreds of public lectures on health-law-related subjects and is frequently quoted in news stories, particularly on issues related to medical ethics.