ORONO – Daniel E. Innis, associate dean of the College of Business at Ohio University since 1999, has agreed to become the new dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Health at the University of Maine. He is expected to begin work on July 1, said a college press release.

Chosen after a national search, Innis will succeed Eric Brucker, who left last year to become dean of the Widener University School of Business Administration in Pennsylvania.

Innis earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in 1985, a master’s degree in business administration from Miami University in 1986 and holds a doctorate in business from Ohio State.

He joined the marketing faculty at Ohio University in 1991 and became chairman of the marketing department in 1997.

As associate dean, Innis was responsible for the operational aspects of the college including budgeting, strategic planning, program management and academic issues.

The College of Business, Public Policy and Health is one of UM’s five academic colleges. It houses programs in business, nursing, public administration and social work as well as the new UM Center on Aging and the William S. Cohen Center for International Policy and Commerce.