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Professor Robert L. McCrory, a physicist and scientific leader who has shepherded the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics to international prominence during the past 35 years, retired from Directorship on 1 October, the beginning of the federal government’s fiscal year. McCrory, who holds the title of University Professor—one of just eight current or former members of the faculty to receive that distinction—and Vice President and Vice Provost, will step down from the University as of December 31. E. Michael Campbell, Deputy Director of LLE, will become Director of the Laboratory, pending approval of the University’s Board of Trustees. UR President and CEO Joel Seligman said McCrory’s record of scientific achievement represents an entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary approach that are the hallmarks of Rochester’s approach to research and scholarship. The complete press release can be found here.