Bush-appointed federal judge named as next dean of University of Kentucky law college

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 387

Last Updated: 4 days, 4 hours ago

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The University of Kentucky has named one of its graduates, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, as the next dean of the university’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law.

Van Tatenhove was nominated to the federal bench by Republican President George W. Bush and has served as a judge in the Eastern District of Kentucky since 2005. Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate’s longest serving party leader, spoke on Van Tatenhove’s …

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