Gary Schuster

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Gary Schuster
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Born (1946-08-06) August 6, 1946 (age 77)
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Alma mater Clarkson College of Technology
University of Rochester
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions Georgia Institute of Technology

Gary Benjamin Schuster (born August 6, 1946) [1] was the interim president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he held from July 1, 2008, when former president G. Wayne Clough stepped down, [2] until April 1, 2009, when George P. "Bud" Peterson was named Georgia Tech's permanent president. He still holds the office Vasser Woolley Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry. [2]

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Early life and education

Schuster earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Clarkson College of Technology in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Rochester in 1971. [3]

Academic life

University of Illinois

Schuster was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 20 years. [2] He also served as Head of the Department of Chemistry in the UIUC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1994.

Georgia Tech

Schuster became Dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry in 1994. [2]

He became Provost in 2006. [2]

He was named Interim President on April 4, 2008, and assumed the office on July 1, 2008. [2] [4] [5] On April 1, 2009, Schuster stepped down from the position as George P. "Bud" Peterson took over as the Institute's permanent president.

Honors and awards

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