Gary Schuster

Gary Schuster

Infobox_Scientist
name = Gary Schuster


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field = Chemical Engineering
work_institution = Georgia Institute of Technology
alma_mater = Clarkson College of Technology University of Rochester
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Gary B. Schuster is the interim president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he has held since G. Wayne Clough stepped down from the position on July 1, 2008.cite web|url=http://www.gatech.edu/president/biography.html|title=Biography: Interim President Gary B. Schuster, Ph.D.|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|accessdate=2008-10-07] He still holds the offices and positions of Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Vasser Woolley Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Early life and education

Schuster earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Clarkson College of Technology in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Rochester in 1971. [cite web|url=http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/faculty/Schuster/|title=Faculty: Gary B. Schuster|publisher=Georgia Tech School of Chemistry & Biochemistry|accessdate=2008-10-07]

Academic life

University of Illinois

Schuster was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 20 years.

Georgia Tech

Schuster became Dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry in 1994.

He became Provost in 2006.

He was named Interim President on April 4, 2008, and assumed the office on July 1, 2008.cite pressrelease|url=http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?id=1808|title=Gary Schuster Named Georgia Tech Interim President|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|date=2008-04-04|accessdate=2008-10-07] [cite web|first=Vivian|last=Fan|url=http://www.nique.net/nique/article/437|title=Clough departs; Schuster begins interim presidency|work=The Technique|date=2008-06-27|accessdate=2008-10-07]

Honors and awards

*Charles Holmes Herty Medal (2006)
*Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004)cite web|url=http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/awards/faculty/|title=Faculty Honors & Awards|publisher=Georgia Tech School of Chemistry & Biochemistry|accessdate=2008-10-07]
*Chancellor's Award, University System of Georgia (1998)
*Arthur C. Cope Award (1994) [cite web|url=http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1319&content_id=CTP_004496&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1|title=Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards|publisher=American Chemical Society|accessdate=2008-10-07]
*Paul Flory - IBM Fellowship

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