Charles W. Steger | |
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 Steger in 2007 | |
| 15th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| In office January 7, 2000 – May 31, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Paul E. Torgersen |
| Succeeded by | Timothy D. Sands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles William Steger Jr. June 16, 1947 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2018 (aged 70) Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Virginia Tech (BA, PhD) |
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Charles William Steger Jr. (June 16, 1947 – May 6, 2018) was an American architect and engineer who was the 15th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. He graduated in 1969 from Virginia Tech, where he also received his master's in architecture and Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering.[1]
Steger served at Virginia Tech at nearly every level possible. He was a Virginia Tech student, instructor (where he won two teaching excellence awards and co-authored a textbook now in its seventh edition), academic department head, college dean (the youngest dean of any college of architecture in the US), vice president, and finally president.
In Steger's previous position as Vice President for Development and University Relations, he served as director of a six-year campaign which exceeded its $250 million goal raising $337.4 million with over 71,000 donors.
On May 14, 2013, Steger announced that he would step down as the President of Virginia Tech. He was succeeded on June 1, 2014, by Timothy D. Sands, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Purdue University. Steger died on May 6, 2018, in his home in Blacksburg.[2]
- ^ "Dr. Charles W. Steger Biography | Office of the President | Virginia Tech". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ "In memoriam: President Emeritus Charles W. Steger". May 7, 2018.