C. Daniel Mote Jr.

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C. Daniel Mote Jr.
Dr. C. Daniel Mote (2015)
President of the University of Maryland, College Park
In office September 1998 – August 2010
Preceded by	William English Kirwan
Succeeded by	Wallace Loh
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-05) February 5, 1937 (age 87) San Francisco, California
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Profession	Professor, university administrator, academic

Clayton Daniel Mote Jr. (born February 5, 1937) is the President Emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as the president of the NAE from July 2013 to June 2019. He also served as President of the University of Maryland, College Park from September 1998 until August 2010. From 1967 to 1991, Mote was a professor in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as Vice Chancellor at Berkeley from 1991 to 1998. Mote is a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.