Dale Whittaker

Dale Whittaker
President of the University of Central Florida
In office
July 1, 2018 – February 19, 2019
Preceded byJohn Hitt
Succeeded byThad Seymour Jr.
Executive vice president of the University of Central Florida
In office
2015–2018
Provost of the University of Central Florida
In office
2014–2015
Personal details
Born (1961-08-13) August 13, 1961 (age 63)
Kewanee, Illinois
SpouseMary Whittaker
Children2
Alma materB.S., Texas A&M University
M.S., PhD., 1987, Purdue University

A. Dale Whittaker (born August 13, 1961) is an American academic and senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[1] He was the fifth president of the University of Central Florida. He succeeded former president John Hitt in 2018, but resigned less than a year later after an investigation of the university for “misuse or planned misuse of nearly $85 million in operating funds for construction.” He was later found to be not involved in the misuse of funds.[2] The state also later reversed its previous rules regarding these types of funds.[3]

  1. ^ Martin, Annie. "Former UCF President Whittaker to work at Gates Foundation". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ Powers, Scott (2019-01-18). "UCF internal probe finds trustees, Dale Whittaker, not involved in fund misuse". Florida Politics. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. ^ Martin, Annie. "After spending controversy, university system tells UCF: Use leftover operating dollars for facilities". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.