Richard Herman

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Richard Herman began serving as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005, having previously served there since 1998 as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Before coming to Illinois, he served as Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been a visiting faculty member and fellow at the University of Marseilles and Princeton University.[1][2]

In 1963, he received a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the Stevens Institute of Technology. In 1967, he earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Maryland.[1][2]

A mathematician, consistently stressing the need to better position the sciences to engage the emerging needs of society. President Bush appointed Dr. Herman to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He has also served on the National Science Foundation's Advisory Committee for the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and served as chair of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. He is a member of the Observatories Council, the Management Council of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., associated with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Recently, he was appointed vice chair of the Universities Research Association.[1][2]

Herman's research specializes on mathematical physics and operator algebras.[1]

Herman is also an Eagle Scout, opposed to Unofficial St. Patrick's Day, and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b c d About Chancellor Richard Herman. The University of Illinois (2005). Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
  2. ^ a b c Richard Herman, Stevens ’63, named Chancellor at Urbana. The University of Illinois (2005-05-13). Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
  3. ^ Distinguished Eagle Scouts. Troop & Pack 179. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
  4. ^ Illini Jamboree Another Huge Success (DOC). Prairielands Post. Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America (Oct 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.