Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel,a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art,Science and Industry,it was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936,before assuming its current name in 1970. As of 2020,more than 24,000 students were enrolled in over 70 undergraduate programs and more than 100 master's,doctoral,and professional programs at the university.
Richard Bowman Myers is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 15th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As chairman,Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States military forces. He also served as the 14th president of Kansas State University from 2016 to 2022.
Craig R. Barrett is an American business executive who served as the chairman of the board of Intel Corporation until May 2009. He became CEO of Intel in 1998,a position he held for seven years. After retiring from Intel,Barrett joined the faculty at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix.
John Leroy Hennessy is an American computer scientist who serves as chairperson of Alphabet Inc. (Google). Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros while also serving as the tenth President of Stanford University. Hennessy announced that he would step down in the summer of 2016. He was succeeded as president by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Marc Andreessen called him "the godfather of Silicon Valley."
The University of Bridgeport is a nonprofit private university in Bridgeport,Connecticut. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. In 2021,the university was purchased by Goodwin University;it retained its own name,brand,and board of trustees.
Constantine Papadakis was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.
Charles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest was an American mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from October 1990 until December 2004. He succeeded Paul Gray and was succeeded by Susan Hockfield. He served as president of the National Academy of Engineering from 2007 to 2013.
Edward Earl Whitacre Jr. is the former Chairman and CEO of General Motors. He is also a former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AT&T,previously Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC). He served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1998 to 2000. On September 1,2010,Whitacre stepped down as CEO,and retired as chairman of the board by the end of 2010.
Ronald D. Sugar is an American business executive. He served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Northrop Grumman Corporation from 2003 to 2009. On August 1,2018 he was unanimously elected as independent Chairman of Uber.
Lu Yongxiang is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
Hunter Ripley Rawlings III is an American classics scholar and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 17th President of the University of Iowa from 1987 until 1995 and as the 10th President of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. He also served as Cornell's interim president in 2005–2006 and again from 2016–2017. Currently,Rawlings is Professor and University President Emeritus at the Department of Classics.
Ruth Simmons is an American professor and academic administrator. Simmons served as the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University,a HBCU,from 2017 until 2023. From 2001 to 2012,she served as the 18th president of Brown University,where she was the first African American president of an Ivy League institution. While there,Simmons was named,best college president by Time magazine. Before Brown University,she headed Smith College,one of the Seven Sisters and the largest women's college in the United States,beginning in 1995. There,during her presidency,the first accredited program in engineering was started at an all-women's college.
The history of Drexel University,a private university in Philadelphia]],began with the founding of Drexel Institute of Art,Science and Industry in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel,with the main building dedicated on December 17 of that year.
Joseph Wilfred Goodman is an American electrical engineer and physicist.
Robert D. Beyer is an American investor and executive. He is currently Chairman of Chaparal Investments LLC,a private investment firm and diversified holding company with interests in both financial and operating assets. Previously,he was Executive Chairman of Crescent Acquisition Corp,a publicly traded blank check company that merged with LiveVox Holdings,Inc. in 2021. He was Chief Executive Officer and a director of TCW Group from 2005 until 2009,a diversified investment management firm with assets in excess of $150 billion;he previously served as president and Chief Investment Officer from 2000 until 2005.
John Anderson Fry is an American academic administrator,currently serving as the president of Drexel University. Fry formerly served as president of Franklin &Marshall College.
Sanford "Sandy" Noyes McDonnell was an American engineer,businessman and philanthropist. Former chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell Douglas Corporation,he also served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America and as chairman of Character Education Partnership. He was "Man of the Year" in St. Louis in 1984.
Bruce Eisenstein is an engineering educator serving as the Arthur J. Rowland Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was formerly Interim Dean and Vice Dean of the College of Engineering at Drexel University. He has published nearly 50 papers in the areas of digital signal processing,pattern recognition,deconvolution,along with biomedical engineering. He also served as president of the IEEE in 2000.
Thomas Flynn Edgar is an American chemical engineer.
Dennis A. Muilenburg is an American engineer,business executive and a former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Boeing,a multinational aerospace and defense company. He was CEO from 2015 to 2019,when he was fired in the aftermath of two crashes of the 737 MAX and its subsequent groundings.
