Duane Nellis
| M. Duane Nellis | |
|---|---|
Nellis in 2013
|
|
| 21st President of Ohio University |
|
|
Assumed office July 1, 2017 |
|
| Preceded by | David Descutner (interim) |
| 16th President of Texas Tech University |
|
|
In office June 13, 2013 – January 22, 2016 |
|
| Preceded by | Guy Bailey |
| Succeeded by | John Opperman (interim) |
| 17th President of the University of Idaho |
|
|
In office July 2009 – May 2013 |
|
| Preceded by | Timothy White |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Staben |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1954 (age 62) Spokane, Washington |
| Spouse(s) | Ruthie Nellis |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Residence | Lubbock, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Montana State University, B.S. 1976 Oregon State University, M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1980 |
| Profession | Higher Education Administrator and Geographer |
| Website | www |
Marvin Duane Nellis is an American educator, president-elect of Ohio University, and the former president of Texas Tech University. He was previously president of the University of Idaho, provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University, and dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Science at West Virginia University.
Nellis announced his resignation from the Texas Tech presidency on January 8, 2016. The university later announced that he would continue on as a tenured university honors professor and work on university strategic initiatives.
Born in Spokane, Washington, Nellis was raised in northwestern Montana and graduated from Libby High School in 1972, and attended Montana State University in Bozeman. He earned a bachelor's degree in earth sciences/geography in 1976 and attended graduate school at Oregon State University in Corvallis, earning a master's in geography in 1977 and a Ph.D. in geography in 1980. Nellis wrote his doctoral dissertation on remote sensing in water resource management.
After graduate school, Nellis has worked for over 30 years in various progressive administrative roles at Kansas State University, West Virginia University, University of Idaho, and Texas Tech University. At Kansas State, Nellis was a department head, Associate Dean, and after returning from West Virginia (where he served as dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences), served as provost and Senior Vice President from 2004 until his departure for the university presidency at Idaho in 2009. He became president of Texas Tech in June 2013.
...
Wikipedia