Jon Calvert Strauss is an American academic administrator who served as a college president at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1985-1994), Harvey Mudd College (1997-2006), Manhattanville College (2011-2016), acting president of Iona University (2017) [1] and most recently as interim president of Paul Smith's College (2020-2021). [2]
Strauss received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, his masters in physics from the University of Pittsburgh, and his PhD in electrical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Strauss served as the 13th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1985 to 1994. He then briefly served as the chief financial officer of Howard Hughes Medical Institute. [3] Strauss was the 4th president of Harvey Mudd College, serving in that position from March 1997 to June 2006. [4] He served as President of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute in 2008–2009, [5] accepting this appointment from former president and BGI Co-founder Gifford Pinchot III.
Dr. Strauss next served as the interim dean of engineering at Texas Tech University. [6] From 2011 to 2016, he served as the 12th President of Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, [7] replacing Molly Easo Smith. [8] He was acting president of Iona University in spring 2017 and interim president of Paul Smith's College from 2020 to 2021.
He is a former member and current consultant of the National Science Board. [9] Strauss has also served as Senior Vice-president of the University of Southern California and Vice President for Budget and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, he helped to develop the Responsibility Center Management (RCM).
He is married to Jean Anne Sacconaghi Strauss, a writer, activist and filmmaker. He has four children: daughters Susan MacQuarrie and Stephanie Annan from his first marriage, and two sons, Kristoffer Calvert Strauss and Jonathon Samuel Louis Strauss and six grandchildren.
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"Dr. Jon Strauss to fill in for Dr. Nyre as acting president". The Ionian. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
{{ cite web}}:|last=has generic name ( help) - ^ "Dr. Jon Calvert Strauss appointed as 11th president of Paul Smith's College". News + Events. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Jon Strauss Consulting". www.jonstraussconsulting.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "History of the Presidency". Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "[node:Title]". www.csrwire.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Texas Tech Names Interim Dean of Whitacre College of Engineering | May | 2009 | Texas Tech Today | TTU". today.ttu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ tracy.guyton (2016-03-21). "Celebrate the Strauss Legacy". Manhattanville College. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Dr. Molly Easo Smith Out as Manhattanville President". Harrison, NY Patch. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "National Science Board Catalyzes Scientific Analysis of Sustainable Energy Alternatives". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
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- Bainbridge Graduate Institute
- Harvey Mudd College Office of the President
- Past Presidents of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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