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Bruce Alberts
Dan
Burkhardt
France A. Córdova
William
H. Danforth
Brady J.
Deaton
Hugh Grant
Richard
Herman
David W.
Kemper
Alex F.
McCalla
John
F. McDonnell
Philip
Needleman
Peter H.
Raven
Alfonso
Romo Garza
P. Roy
Vagelos
Robert L.
Virgil
Mark S.
Wrighton
Usha
Barwale Zehr
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Board of Trustees
Richard Herman, Ph.D.
Chancellor
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Richard Herman is the
Chancellor of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
one of the nation's preeminent
public research universities. He
is dedicated to excellence in
education through scientific and
intellectual innovation,
diversity, public engagement,
and providing students an
education with a global
perspective. Dr. Herman leads a
campus renowned for its
interdisciplinary
collaborations, its outreach to
both local and global
communities, and its position as
one of the world's most
accomplished research
institutions.
A mathematician, Dr. Herman has
been a leader in shaping
national science policy for many
years, consistently stressing
the need to better position the
sciences to engage the emerging
needs of society. President Bush
appointed Dr. Herman to the
President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology, where
he joins a select group of
members from the academic
community and the private sector
who advise the president on
technology, scientific research
priorities, and math and science
education. He has also served on
the National Science
Foundation's Advisory Committee
for the Directorate of
Mathematical and Physical
Sciences and served as chair of
the Joint Policy Board for
Mathematics. He is a member of
the Observatories Council, the
Management Council of the
Association of Universities for
Research in Astronomy, Inc.,
associated with the National
Optical Astronomy Observatory.
Recently, he was appointed vice
chair of the Universities
Research Association.
Dr. Herman was appointed
Chancellor in May 2005. He
joined the Illinois campus in
1998 as Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
the institution's chief academic
and budget officer. During his
service, Illinois has markedly
increased its funded research,
has made major progress in
increasing the diversity of its
faculty and student body, and
has cultivated relationships
with universities around the
world through both collaborative
research and joint degree
programs.
Devotion to excellence and
commitment to diversity mark Dr.
Herman's accomplishments as an
administrator. Under his
leadership as department chair
and as dean, the units for which
he was responsible enhanced
their academic strength and drew
faculty and students from a
broad pool.
Before coming to Illinois, he
served as Dean of the College of
Computer, Mathematical, and
Physical Sciences at the
University of Maryland, College
Park and Chair of the Department
of Mathematics at the
Pennsylvania State University.
He has been a visiting faculty
member and fellow at the
University of Marseilles and
Princeton University.
Dr. Herman's research on
mathematical physics and
operator algebras has been
supported by such organizations
as the National Science
Foundation, North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation and National
Defense Education Act, and has
resulted in numerous reports in
scientific publications. He is a
member of the Tau Beta Pi and
Sigma Xi honorary societies, and
recipient of an Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation fellowship.
In 1963, he received a
bachelor's degree, cum laude,
from the Stevens Institute of
Technology. In 1967, he earned
his Ph.D. in mathematics from
the University of Maryland.
Dr. Herman and his wife, Susan,
are active in the
Champaign-Urbana community,
where Mrs. Herman helped found
the 40N/80W Arts Council and Dr.
Herman serves on the boards of
the United Way and the Champaign
County Chamber of Commerce. The
Hermans have three children and
six grandchildren.
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