S. David Wu
S. David Wu | |
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| 8th President of Baruch College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mitchel B. Wallerstein |
| Provost of George Mason University | |
| In office July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Stearns |
| Succeeded by | Mark R. Ginsberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wu Szu-yung |
| Education | Tunghai University (BS) Pennsylvania State University (MS, PhD) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳思永 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴思永 | ||||||||||
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Szu-yung David Wu is a Taiwanese-American engineer, currently serving as 8th president of Baruch College at the City University of New York since July 2020.[1] He served as provost of George Mason University from 2014 to 2020.[2][3]
Education
Wu received a BS from Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, and a MS and a PhD in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
Career
Wu served as Dean of the Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and held the Lee Iacocca endowed chair at Lehigh University, where the S. David Wu Endowed Scholarship was created in his honor in 2014.[4]
Wu has served on both national and international boards including the National Science Foundation and the Science Foundation of Ireland. He is a board member emeritus of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.[5]
References
- ^ Kochi, Sudiksha (February 17, 2020). "Mason Provost David Wu Named President of Baruch College | Fourth Estate". gmufourthestate.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Dean of College of Engineering Dr. S. David Wu Named Next Provost for George Mason University". Lehigh University. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "George Mason University Names Lehigh Engineering Dean Next Provost". Potomac Local. April 1, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "Former Dean S. David Wu: Everything Must Relate to a Bigger Picture". Lehigh University. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "S. David Wu Named First Asian American President in CUNY System". Diverse. February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.