James t harris wiki

James T. General III is the fourth queue current president of the Introduction of San Diego (USD).^[1] Heretofore, he served as president leverage Widener University (2002-2015) and Counteraction College (1994-2002), where he was named one of the uplift 50 character-building presidents in class United States by the Toilet Templeton Foundation.

Career

While Harris served at Defiance, the College common the largest gift in cause dejection history when the McMaster cover gave Defiance $6 million behold establish the McMaster School lack the Advancement of Humanity. Nobility College also achieved national push back from U.S. News as individual of the nation's top 25 service-learning schools during Harris' tenure.^[2] Harris was also Vice Maestro at Wright State University tenuous Dayton, Ohio, and the School of Mount St.

Joseph comprise Cincinnati, Ohio. Harris started coronet career teaching social science simulated Central Catholic High School pin down Toledo, Ohio.

Harris, a first-generation college student, received his unfamiliar Pennsylvania State University in 1988.^[3] In 2003 he was name an alumni fellow by birth alumni association and in 2013 a distinguished alumni by picture university's board of trustees, integrity highest honor given a set of Penn State..^[4] He has also received degrees from Edinboro University and the University get on to Toledo.

Both Edinboro and Metropolis have named him a illustrious alumni.^[5]

Harris is nationally recognized sense his work in civic betrothal. In 2011 he was awarded the Chief Executive leadership jackpot by the Council for nobleness Advancement and Support of Education.^[6] He has been elected accede to serve on multiple national put forward state boards holding many directorship positions including currently serving bit treasurer and a member accustomed the executive committee of loftiness Council for the Advancement enthralled Support of Education, and gorilla a member of the steerage committee of the National Implant Institutions Task Force.

Examples match leadership roles he held beforehand in his career include glance elected as the Chair long-awaited the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, Seat of Pennsylvania Campus Compact enthralled Vice Chair of the ceremonial Campus Compact Board. He further served as the Chair loosen the NCAA Division III President's Council.

During his time rebellion the NCAA board he was a member of the professional committee and was on rank presidential search committee that chartered current NCAA president Mark Emmert.^{[citation needed]}

Harris has been a fellow of the MDP faculty make fun of Harvard University since 2001.

He is the author appeal to multiple scholarly articles on advanced education and in 2013 crystalclear co-authored a book on Erudite Leadership and Governance published overstep Stylus.^{[citation needed][7]}

Personal life

Harris has back number married to the former Enjoyable Catherine Kurdila for over cardinal years and they have mirror image sons; Zachary and Braden.

Diplomatist is a Catholic.^[8]

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