Gene R. Wheeler, director of finance and administrative operations in the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, has been named assistant dean for finance and administration in Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine.

As chief business officer for the human ecology college, Wheeler was responsible for financial planning and monitoring, budget development and implementation, personnel management, business activities and facilities projects. He led the college's 1994 effort to codify and implement records retention standards, procedures that later served as a model for the university's records retention policy, introduced in 1997.

Wheeler also served as director of finance and administration for Cornell University Library (1984-90), and from 1975 to 1981 he served as budget administrator, associate bursar and payroll supervisor for the university. Wheeler also has served on the university's strategic planning committee.

Wheeler earned an M.B.A. (1980) from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in accounting (1970) from Clarkson University.