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March 2005 • Volume 2, Issue 3 This issue home | Action home | Chamber home UTD Names David E. Daniel As New President UT System News Release
Daniel will succeed President Franklyn Jenifer who will retire this year. The appointment was made after the regents interviewed Daniel on Thursday. "The Board of Regents is delighted that Dr. Daniel has agreed to serve in this very important and demanding role. Daniel brings to the presidency of UT Dallas a well established record of achievement as a scientist, researcher and administrator, and he has a deep understanding and appreciation of the complex role that universities play in society, as centers of education and research, and as partners in economic development," said James R. Huffines, chairman of the Board of Regents. Daniel earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin . He served on the engineering faculty of UT Austin with increasing responsibilities from 1980 until 1996 when he moved to the University of Illinois . He was named engineering dean at Illinois in 2001. Daniel's research expertise has focused on engineered containment systems for waste disposal and cleanup of contaminated waste disposal sites. He has won the American Society of Civil Engineers highest award for papers published in its journals and in 2000 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. "Dr. Daniel possesses a unique combination of talents to provide dynamic guidance for UT Dallas," said Chancellor Mark G. Yudof. "A distinguished scientist, teacher, administrator and fundraiser at one of the nation's leading engineering programs, he has the breadth of experience, the knowledge, and the wisdom necessary for meeting the range of challenges facing today's universities. He is a superb choice and will be an excellent president." UT Dallas President Franklyn Jenifer praised the selection of Daniel as the university's next leader. "I think Dr. Daniel is an excellent choice to be the next president of UTD. His academic credentials are impeccable, and, perhaps even more important, he has the maturity, sophistication and vision needed to lead the university forward in the challenging years ahead," Jenifer said. "Dr. Daniel has excelled at his own academic discipline – engineering – and that is an area that obviously is very important to UTD. But his interests and understanding also extend to an appreciation of much broader and deeper intellectual, humanistic and philosophical issues. That is what will make him an exceptional leader and a great university president." UT Dallas is a comprehensive university with an emphasis on engineering, business, mathematics and the sciences. It began as a research institute established by the founders of Texas Instruments, Inc., and joined the UT System in 1969. UT Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson , Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor®, enrolls more than 14,000 students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. The UT System has 15 campuses, including nine academic and six health institutions, and an annual operating budget of $8.5 billion (FY 2005). Student enrollment exceeded 182,000 in the 2004 academic year. The UT System confers one-third of the state's undergraduate degrees and educates three-fourths of the state's health care professionals annually. With more than 76,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state. |
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AUSTIN (Feb. 10, 2005) – David E. Daniel, Ph.D., Gutsgell professor of civil engineering and dean, College of Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named president of the University of Texas at Dallas on Thursday (Feb. 10) by the UT System Board of Regents.