Del Shankel

Del Shankel
Chancellor of the University of Kansas (interim)
In office
1994
Preceded by Gene Budig
Succeeded by Robert Hemenway
Personal details
Born (1927-08-04) August 4, 1927
Plainview, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma mater Walla Walla College
University of Texas

Delbert Merrill Shankel (born August 4, 1927) is an American microbiologist and academic adminsitrator. 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[1]

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