Daniel M. Fogel, president of the University of Vermont, today assumed the board chairmanship of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities during the public research university association’s 122nd Annual Meeting.
Fogel assumes the leadership role from Lee T. Todd, Jr., president of the University of Kentucky. The nation’s oldest higher education association, APLU comprises 188 universities and 27 university systems, including 76 land-grant institutions. Its members enroll more than 4.7 million students, award nearly one-million degrees annually, and conduct nearly two-thirds of all academic research, totaling more than $34 billion annually. Fogel became the 25th President of the University of Vermont in July 2002.
Photo left to right: Lee T. Todd, Jr., Past-Chair, APLU Board of Directors and University of Kentucky President; Peter McPherson, President, APLU; Daniel Mark Fogel, Chair, APLU Board of Directors and University of Vermont President.
Source: UVM. WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 16, 2009)—