Linda Katehi
| Linda Katehi | |
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| Sixth Chancellor at the University of California, Davis | |
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In office August 17, 2009 – August 9, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Larry N. Vanderhoef |
| Succeeded by | Gary May |
| Provost and Vice Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| John Edwardson Dean of Engineering Purdue University | |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pisti Basile Katehi January 30, 1954 Athens, Greece |
| Residence | Davis, California, USA |
| Alma mater |
National Technical University of Athens (Greece) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Profession |
University Administrator Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Women and Gender Studies |
Linda Pisti Basile Katehi-Tseregounis (born January 30, 1954) is a Greek-American engineering professor and former university administrator.
Beginning in 2009, she served as the sixth chancellor of the University of California, Davis. On April 27, 2016, University of California President Janet Napolitano removed Katehi from her post and placed her on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into possible violations of university policies over nepotism. On August 9, 2016, the UC President announced that she had accepted Linda Katehi's resignation after the investigation found "numerous instances where Chancellor Katehi was not candid, that she exercised poor judgment, and violated multiple University policies". Katehi remained in her post as electrical engineering professor.
She worked as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's provost from 2006 to 2009 and dean of engineering at Purdue University from 2002 to 2006.
Katehi was born in Athens and grew up on Salamis Island in Greece. After graduating from high school, Katehi was admitted to the National Technical University of Athens.
In 1977, Katehi graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. She was one of the two women in her class of 189 students and has stated that this led to many difficulties and biases against her during that time. Katehi has stated that this motivated her to mentor women and other underrepresented minorities pursuing careers in engineering and the sciences.
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