S. David Wu

S. David Wu is President-Designate of Baruch College, City University of New York, and will assume office on July 1, 2020.[1] He is the first Asian-American voted into to this position[2] at a CUNY college.[3] Previously he held the position of Provost and Executive Vice President of George Mason University.[4][5]

Education

Wu received his B.S. from Tunghai University and his M.S. and Ph.D. 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.[6] Wu was also a visiting professor at The University of Pennsylvania and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.    

He has served on both national and international boards including the National Science Foundation and the Science Foundation of Ireland. He's part of the board of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.[3]

References
  1. Kochi, Sudiksha (2020-02-17). "Mason Provost David Wu Named President of Baruch College | Fourth Estate". gmufourthestate.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. Elsen-Rooney, Michael. "CUNY names first Asian-American college president to lead Baruch College". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. "S. David Wu Named First Asian American President in CUNY System". Diverse. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. "Dean of College of Engineering Dr. S. David Wu Named Next Provost for George Mason University". Lehigh University. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  5. News, Submitted (2014-04-01). "George Mason University Names Lehigh Engineering Dean Next Provost". Potomac Local. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  6. "Former Dean S. David Wu: Everything Must Relate to a Bigger Picture". Lehigh University. Retrieved 2019-09-12.


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