Alexander Cartwright (academic)
Alexander N. Cartwright | |
|---|---|
| 6th President of the University of Central Florida | |
| Assumed office April 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Thad Seymour (interim) |
| 9th Garnett Stokes (interim) | |
| Succeeded by | Mun Choi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander N. Cartwright |
| Occupation | academic administrator, professor |
| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa (BS, PhD) |
| Thesis | Nonlinear optical properties of hetero n-i-p-i device structures (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur L. Smirl |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Institutions | |
Alexander Nevin Cartwright is a US academic and President of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Before his nomination to UCF, he was the chancellor of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri,[1] and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York.[2] On March 20, 2020, Cartwright was nominated by a unanimous vote of the UCF Board of Trustees to become President-Elect of UCF,[3] and was then confirmed by the Florida Board of Governors on March 25, 2020.[4] He became the acting President of UCF on April 13, 2020, succeeding Interim President Thad Seymour.
References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome". Office of the Chancellor. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Alexander N. Cartwright - SUNY". system.suny.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "UCF Names Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright as President-elect | University of Central Florida News". University of Central Florida News | UCF Today. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Board of Governors Confirms Alexander Cartwright as UCF's President". University of Central Florida News | UCF Today. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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