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Lehecka is not new to Columbia or its administration, having served in various positions at the University for more than 30 years, including nearly two decades.
I was at Columbia while Roger Lehecka was dean.

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Roger Lehecka

Roger Lehecka '67CC '74TC is a former Dean of Students of Columbia College. He served for almost two decades in the position before it was combined with the same position in SEAS to form the Division of Student Affairs in 1998. After stepping down from the position, he headed up the task force that planned the Columbia 250 celebration. He retired from the university in 2005.

Lehecka was a beloved and highly influential Dean of Students. He spearheaded the initiative that made Columbia a co-ed institution. He worked with students of color to establish the Intercultural Resource Center. He created the first-year dorms system. He is nearly universally admired as an administrator, and despite his "retirement," he still commands a sizeable amount of influence and respect at Columbia.

During his time as a undergrad, Lehecka founded the Double Discovery Center, an major tutoring and mentoring organization for disadvantaged students in local New York communities that now occupies much of Lerner's third floor.

True to his passion about higher education, Lehecka cur

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Columbia’s administration has appointed Roger Lehecka CC ’67, GSAS ’74, as interim dean of undergraduate student life, according to an internal department email obtained by Sundial. As of publication, the administration has not officially announced the appointment.

Lehecka is not new to Columbia or its administration, having served in various positions at the University for more than 30 years, including nearly two decades as a highly popular dean of students for Columbia College from 1979 to 1998.

His appointment comes two months after Cristen Kromm was suspended as dean of undergraduate student life and later resigned from the University over her involvement in a controversial text message exchange during a May panel on Jewish campus life.

As dean of students, Lehecka worked to increase graduation rates in the 1980s, which climbed from 75 percent to 90 percent over six years, and guided the University’s transition to coeducation. Lehecka also led several initiatives aimed at helping minority students, including appointing an assistant dean in 1982 to deal specifically wi