| Gary Schuster | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1946 New York City, New York |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering |
| Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | Clarkson College of Technology University of Rochester |
Gary Benjamin Schuster (born August 6, 1946)[1] was the interim president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he held from July 1, 2008, when former president G. Wayne Clough stepped down,[2] until April 1, 2009, when George P. "Bud" Peterson was named Georgia Tech's permanent president. He still holds the office Vasser Woolley Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry.[2]
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Schuster earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Clarkson College of Technology in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Rochester in 1971.[3]
Schuster was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 20 years.[2] He also served as Head of the Department of Chemistry in the UIUC College of Engineering from 1989 to 1994.
| Head | Years of Service | Years |
|---|---|---|
| A. P. S. Stewart | 1868–1874 | 6 |
| Henry A. Weber | 1874–1882 | 8 |
| William McMurtrie | 1882–1888 | 6 |
| J. C. Jackson | 1888 | 1 |
| Arthur W. Palmer | 1889–1904 | 15 |
| Harry S. Grindley | 1904–1907 | 3 |
| William A. Noyes | 1907–1926 | 19 |
| Roger Adams | 1926–1954 | 28 |
| Herbert E. Carter | 1954–1967 | 13 |
| Herbert S. Gutowsky | 1967–1983 | 16 |
| Larry R. Faulkner | 1984–1989 | 5 |
| Gary B. Schuster | 1989–1994 | 5 |
| Paul W. Bohn | 1995–1999 | 5 |
| Steven C. Zimmerman | 1999–2000 | 1 |
| Gregory S. Girolami | 2000–2005 | 5 |
| Steven C. Zimmerman | 2005- |
Schuster became Dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry in 1994.[2]
He became Provost in 2006.[2]
He was named Interim President on April 4, 2008, and assumed the office on July 1, 2008.[2][4][5] On April 1, 2009, Schuster stepped down from the position as George P. "Bud" Peterson took over as the Institute's permanent president.
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