B. Joseph White

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Bernard Joseph White is the current president of the University of Illinois.

Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 6, 1947, White was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

White graduated magna cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1969. He holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, and a PhD from the University of Michigan.

Following college, White became an economics professor at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. After serving as an officer with Cummins Engine Co. in Columbus, Indiana from 1981 to 1987, White returned to academia, quickly rising to become dean of the University of Michigan Business School in 1991 -- a position he served in for 10 years. From 2001 to 2002, he served as interim president of the University of Michigan.

White was officially named the 16th president of the University of Illinois in 2004 and took office on February 1, 2005, succeeding retiring president James J. Stukel. He was officially inaugurated as president on September 22, 2005.

White has also served as director or trustee of several companies, including Equity Residential, headquartered in Chicago; Gordon Food Service; Kaydon Corporation; and Kelly Services. He is a director of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He has chaired the boards of several large healthcare organizations, including the University of Michigan Health System; St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Catherine McAuley Health System. He is the author of The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader, published by AMACOM Books.

He lives in Urbana, Illinois with his wife, Mary. He has two adult children and two grandchildren.

Preceded by Lee Bollinger	University of Michigan Presidents 2001 - 2002	Succeeded by Mary Sue Coleman
Preceded by James J. Stukel	University of Illinois Presidents 2005 -	Succeeded by ???

[edit] External links

• Official biography
• New UI president not your average Joe (Daily Illini)
• Website for The Nature of Leadership by B. Joseph White

Presidents of University of Illinois
Gregory • Peabody • Burrill • Draper • James • Kinley • Chase • Daniels • Willard • Stoddard • Morey • Henry • Corbally • Ikenberry • Stukel • White • McRobbie

Presidents of University of Michigan
Monteith • Tappan • Haven • Frieze • Angell • Hutchins • Burton • Lloyd • Little • Ruthven • Hatcher • Fleming • Smith • Shapiro • Fleming • Duderstadt • Neal • Bollinger • White • Coleman