$60.4 billion Microsoft has appointed Maria Klawe to its board of directors.

Klawe brings extensive academic experience in mathematics, engineering, and computer science to Microsoft’s board. Since 2006, Klawe has been president of Claremont, Calif.-based Harvey Mudd College. Prior to that, she spent three years as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University and four years in various computer science-related positions at the University of British Columbia.

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