Anthony Catanese

Anthony James Catanese
Dr. Anthony J. Catanese
President of Florida Institute of Technology
In office 2002–2016
Preceded by	Lynn E. Weaver
Succeeded by	T. Dwayne McCay
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Sara Catanese
Residence	Melbourne, Florida
Alma mater	Rutgers University, New York University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Profession	President and CEO of the Florida Institute of Technology
Website	fit.edu/president/

Dr. Anthony James Catanese is a university administrator, author, and a former President and CEO of the Florida Institute of Technology. Prior to his position at the Florida Institute of Technology, Catanese was President of Florida Atlantic University. Catanese previously served as President and Chairman of the President's council of the Sunshine State Conference.

He has also held university administration positions at Pratt Institute in New York City, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of Miami and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Catanese was Senior Fulbright Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.

Dr. Anthony James Catanese received a bachelor's degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers University in 1963. He received a master's degree in urban planning from New York University in 1966 and Ph.D. in urban and regional planning in 1969 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Prior to his career in academic administration, Catanese maintained a private practice in design, planning and development.

Catanese was provost of Pratt Institute in New York City, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, associate dean of the School of Engineering and Environmental Design and James A. Ryder Professor at the University of Miami and professor and director of the Center for Planning and Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also held the position of Senior Fulbright Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.