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Baepler named to state board

Wednesday, April 7, 1999 | 12:15 p.m.

Baepler now runs the Barrick Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Gov. Kenny Guinn named Baepler to the board to replace resigning member Victor Scaramosino of Las Vegas.

The board consists of physicians and community members and oversees the professional licensing and practice of medical doctors in the state.

Baepler, who holds a doctorate in vertebrate zoology, was president of UNLV from 1973 to 1978. He served as chancellor of the University of Nevada system from 1978 to 1981.

In 1981 he returned to UNLV to teach biology and run the museum as well as the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies.

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