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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Names Interim President
April 23, 2012
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| Robert Coons, Interim President |
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The Board of Trustees of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has
named Robert A. Coons as the Institute's Interim President today to
fulfill the duties of the Office of the President after the sudden
death of President Matt Branam on April 20.
Coons has held various finance- and management-level positions
since joining Rose-Hulman in 1989 from his initial appointment as
Controller to his most recent position of Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer to which he was promoted in 2005.
Coons was a recipient of the Rose-Hulman President's Outstanding
Service Award in 2010. He is currently serving as Vice
President of the Indiana Risk Management Association Board of
Trustees, a member of the UAP Clinic, LLC Board of Managers and a
member of the Indiana TechPoint Board of Directors. He is a past
President of the Indiana Association of College and University
Business Officers and has held various committee appointments on
the Central Association of College and University Business Officers
during his tenure. He is a past Treasurer and Finance Committee
Chair of the United Way of the Wabash Valley; a past President of
Vigo County Lifeline; and is a graduate of Leadership Terre
Haute. He holds an MBA from Indiana State University, a CPA
from North Carolina, a bachelor's degree in business from Indiana
University; and is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of
Education Institute for Education Management.
"The campus is still grieving the tragic passing of Matt Branam.
I know Matt would have wanted a swift and strong transition to
continue the trajectory of the Institute's current strategic
planning process, while maintaining our fine tradition of
delivering the very best education to the nation's brightest
science, math and engineering students," said William R. Fenoglio,
chairman of Rose-Hulman's Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees
met in a special session today to name an interim president.
"Through the years, Rob Coons has been at the table and has been
a trusted voice as the Institute has built its first-in-class
reputation. With Rob's intimate knowledge of our college, with his
long tenure as a senior leader, and with his impressive executive
skills, the campus is in good hands while the search process begins
for a permanent successor to Matt Branam," Fenoglio continued.
In the weeks ahead, plans will outline the national search for
the 15th President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Fenoglio
added.
About Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Founded in 1874, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology offers a
rigorous, hands-on education that stresses development of technical
and interpersonal skills in an environment characterized by close
personal attention for every student. The college, located in
Terre Haute, Ind., has an enrollment of 1,900 undergraduate
students and 100 graduate students. For 13 consecutive years,
Rose-Hulman has been rated the top undergraduate engineering
college in the nation that offers the bachelor's or master's degree
as its top degree in engineering. The ranking is based on a
national survey of deans and senior faculty conducted by U.S. News
& World Report for its college guidebook. Rose-Hulman's
emphasis on undergraduate education has also been recognized by The
Princeton Review and www.RateMyProfessors.com, which cited six of
the Institute's professors for this year's Best 300 Professors
book. Learn more about Rose-Hulman at
www.rose-hulman.edu.