14th President of Rollins College

George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Professor of Distinguished Presidential Leadership

 

In academe:

• Rollins College: President
• Dartmouth College: Dean, Thayer School of Engineering
• University of Tulsa: Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Acting President; Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Clemson University: Associate Dean, College of Sciences; Professor of Physics and Astronomy

In science:

• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Section Head, Space Science and Technology, Division of Earth and Space Sciences
• National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center: National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

In public policy:

• Fellow, National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute
• Fellow, Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs
• Carnegie Science Fellow, Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University

In research:

• Co-principal investigator for an ongoing U.S.-Russia-Kazakhstan collaboration, involving construction of a major new research facility for mapping of radio emissions from cosmic ray induced atmospheric breakdown
• Principal investigator for Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology investigations in nonlinear radiophysics
• Principal investigator for National Institute of Justice study on counterterrorism emerging technologies

At home:

• Wife, Paula Hammer, a Ph.D. counseling psychologist; they have four children

Fun Facts Favorite Book: I have hundreds−favorite topics: science, philosophy, policy, leadership Favorite movies: old B-grade science fiction Favorite sports: volleyball, jogging, surfing, sky diving (retired) Favorite vacation spot: Orlando! Can’t be without: Diet Coke Hero: Growing up it was General Robert E. Lee. I appreciated his combination of leadership and integrity, and also the conflicting emotions of duty and loyalty to country and state. In college and since, my college thesis advisor, Dr. William E. Gordon, the person who imagined and built the Arecibo radio telescope, the world’s largest radar-radio-telescope, in Puerto Rico. What would you want for your epitaph? "I’m not done yet!"