John L. Anderson

John L. Anderson is an American educator who is currently serving as the eighth president of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at IIT, Anderson has held distinguished positions in academia at various reputable institutions: he served both as the provost of Case Western Reserve University and the dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Biography

John Anderson was born and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the University of Delaware where he received his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in 1967. He then went on to obtain his M.S. and Ph.D., both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anderson was part of Cornell University's faculty for five years, where he served as an assistant professor of chemical engineering.

Anderson spent 28 years at Carnegie Mellon, where in addition to being an associate professor, he chaired the Department of Chemical Engineering and served as the director of the biomedical engineering program. He was also dean of the College of Engineering for eight years.

Anderson served as the provost of Case Western Reserve University from 2003 until he joined the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he assumed his current position of President beginning August 1, 2007.