Kenneth H. Keller
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Kenneth Harrison Keller serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies' (SAIS) Bologna Center in Bologna, Italy.
Dr. Keller most recently held the position of Charles M. Denny, Jr., Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota
’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
, where he founded the Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy. His distinguished career at the university spanned nearly 35 years, culminating with his role as the university's 12th president from 1985 to 1988. He also served as vice president for Academic Affairs from 1980 to 1985 and before that held other leadership positions.
A New York City
native and Columbia University
graduate, Keller earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University
and has been a member of the Whiting School of Engineering’s National Advisory Council and the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Board of Visitors. In 1996, he received JHU’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
On July 1, 2010, the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building at the University of Minnesota
was renamed Kenneth H. Keller Hall, honoring him for his dedication to science and technology as the 12th president of the University.
Dr. Keller most recently held the position of Charles M. Denny, Jr., Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs is a graduate public affairs school located at the University of Minnesota, ranking among the top 15 professional schools of public affairs at public universities in the country. It is named after Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice President of the...
, where he founded the Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy. His distinguished career at the university spanned nearly 35 years, culminating with his role as the university's 12th president from 1985 to 1988. He also served as vice president for Academic Affairs from 1980 to 1985 and before that held other leadership positions.
A New York City
New York City
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native and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
graduate, Keller earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and has been a member of the Whiting School of Engineering’s National Advisory Council and the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Board of Visitors. In 1996, he received JHU’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
On July 1, 2010, the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
was renamed Kenneth H. Keller Hall, honoring him for his dedication to science and technology as the 12th president of the University.