Su Guaning
| Su Guaning | |
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| 2nd President of Nanyang Technological University | |
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In office January 1, 2003 – June 30, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Cham Tao Soon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Nationality |
 Singapore
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| Alma mater |
University of Alberta California Institute of Technology Stanford University |
| Profession | College administrator, Academic |
Su Guaning (Chinese: 徐冠林; pinyin: Xú Guànlín) is a Singaporean academic and the President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
A President's Scholar and Colombo Plan Scholar, Su graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta, California Institute of Technology, and Stanford University respectively. He also holds a Master of Science in statistics from Stanford University, and attended post-graduate programmes in business administration and management development at the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) and Harvard Business School respectively.
Su began his career in 1972 as one of the first research engineers in Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). He became Director of the Defence Science Organisation (DSO) in 1986, building it into Singapore's largest research and development institute. In 1997, he transformed DSO into a not-for-profit company, DSO National Laboratories, and became its first Chief Executive Officer. After serving as the Deputy Secretary (Technology) in MINDEF for two years, he set up the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and became its founding Chief Executive in 2000 until 2002. He was appointed as the President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on 1 January 2003.
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