Thomas LeBlanc
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Thomas LeBlanc | |
|---|---|
| 17th President of the George Washington University | |
| In office July 1, 2017 – December 31, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Steven Knapp |
| Succeeded by | Mark S. Wrighton (interim) |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The design and performance of high-level language primitives for distributed programming (1982) |
Thomas John LeBlanc is a computer scientist and academic administrator. He was the 17th President of the George Washington University from July 2017 to December 2021.
LeBlanc earned a Bachelor of Science in computer sciences from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. He earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1982.[1]
Career
LeBlanc has been widely published in computer science and engineering journals. LeBlanc has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on eight federally-funded research initiatives.[2] He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
LeBlanc served as Vice Provost & Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering at the University of Rochester.[3] He was chair of the department of computer science and the Dean of the College Faculty. He is credited with the development of the biomedical engineering department with the University of Rochester Medical Center.[4]
LeBlanc then served as the University of Miami's Chief Academic Officer, Chief Budget Officer, Executive Vice-president, and Provost. While at the University of Miami, LeBlanc led the development and implementation of the university's strategic plan. He served as interim President of the University of Miami in 2015. He also led the deans in the design of a $1.6 billion fundraising campaign.[citation needed]
