Jared Cohon
Jared Leigh Cohon | |
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8th President of Carnegie Mellon University | |
In office 1997–2013 | |
Preceded by | Robert Mehrabian |
Succeeded by | Subra Suresh |
Personal details | |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | October 7, 1947
Died | March 16, 2024 Ligonier, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 76)
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Awards | National Engineering Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Jared Leigh Cohon (October 7, 1947 – March 16, 2024) was an American academic administrator who served as the eighth
Life and career
Jared Leigh Cohon was born in
Prior to Carnegie Mellon, Cohon was the Dean of the
He became President of Carnegie Mellon in 1997. During his first month of his presidency, he oversaw the removal of a stand of trees to build the Purnell Center for the Arts. He was shocked that there were no student protests against the act.
Cohon stepped down from his position as President of Carnegie Mellon in 2013 and returned to the faculty as a University Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Cohon was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for contributions to environmental systems analysis and national policy and leadership in higher education.
Cohon died on March 16, 2024, at the age of 76.[3]
References
- ^ "Jared L. Cohon, Academician".
- ^ "CMU student center to be renamed for Cohon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Jared Cohon, former Carnegie Mellon University president, dies at 76 CBS News
Sources
- Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2.