The new president of the University of Richmond will be on campus when the school’s first Black president, Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher, waves goodbye this week.

Dr. Kevin F. Hallock, dean of Cornell University’s College of Business and an economics professor in the field of compensation and labor markets, has been chosen by the UR Board of Trustees to succeed Dr. Crutcher.

Dr. Hallock is expected to start also as an economics professor in the School of Business with affiliated appointments with the Jepson School of Leadership and the School of Arts & Sciences.

Dr. Crutcher will serve as a consultant this academic year and in fall 2023 will return to a former role as professor teaching music and leadership. A former president of Wheaton College as well as a renowned cellist, Dr. Crutcher announced last year that he would step down in early 2022.

UR Rector Paul B. Queally, described the incoming 11th president as a “dynamic and hard-working leader with a strong track record of building consensus and bringing people together around a shared vision.”

Dr. Hallock said that based on what he already has learned about UR, he will arrive “confident of a bright future” for the school.

Dr. Hallock earned a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his master’s and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.

Meanwhile, Dr. Brian O. Hemphill is holding meetings around the state with Old Dominion University alumni after taking over as the ninth president — and first African-American leader — at the Norfolk institution.

Dr. Hemphill succeeded Dr. John R. Broderick, who stepped down this summer after 13 years at the helm of ODU.

Dr. Hemphill had served as president of Radford University in western Virginia since 2016, where he was known as an innovative and forward-focused leader helping boost enrollment to record levels in fall 2019 and establishing an Academic Success Center to improve student retention and graduation rates. Radford added 19 degrees in health sciences to its curriculum during Dr. Hemphill’s tenue.

Previously, Dr. Hemphill held the top position at West Virginia State University or four years and was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Northern Illinois University for eight years.

He takes over at ODU as the institution works to launch a School of Public Health in conjunction with Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School, expand telehealth efforts at its Virginia Beach Center and begins construction on a new Health Sciences Building.

He earned his bachelor’s in organizational communication from St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, N.C., a master’s in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University, and his doctorate in higher education administration and policy studies from the University of Iowa.