Constantine Papadakis

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Constantine Papadakis is a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.

Papadakis received his bachelor degree in Civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. He came to the United States in 1969[1] to continue his studies in civil engineering and earn his masters from the University of Cincinnati. He then went on to earn his doctorate from the University of Michigan.[2]

He has been the President of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1995. During his tenure, Papadakis has doubled full-time undergraduate enrollment, tripled freshman applications, quintupled the university's endowment, and quintupled research funding.[2] Papadakis' salary of $805,000 is currently the sixth highest among university presidents.[3]

Papadakis sits on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange as chairman of the compensation committee.[4] He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Blossom, Jay (July 29, 2005), Trustee Profile: Dr. Constantine Papadakis, In Trust Online, <http://www.intrust.org/template/template.cfm?page_id=167>. Retrieved on 2007-12-04 
  2. ^ a b Office of the President - Biography. Drexel University. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  3. ^ Wysocki Jr., Bernard (February 23, 2005), How Dr. Papadakis Runs a University Like a Company, The Wall Street Journal, <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110912375606461666,00.html>. Retrieved on 2007-12-04 
  4. ^ Fuerbringer, Jonathan (September 24, 2003), Market Place; As More Markets Go Public, Salaries Are Under Scrutiny, The New York Times, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E4DD173DF937A1575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all>. Retrieved on 2007-12-04 

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