Dec
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2013
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By anonymous (not verified)
Bill Fairchild (left), member of the Board of Visitors left the MLSoC Industry Board meeting to help announce the 16th president of Virginia Tech, Dr. Timothy Sands
On Dec. 6, 2013, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors appointed Timothy D. Sands as Virginia Tech’s 16th president, effective June 1, 2014. Sands will succeed Charles Steger, who steps down when Sands assumes office.Sands, 55, currently serves as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Purdue University. He served as Purdue’s acting president during the fall semester of 2012. He currently holds the position of Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering in Purdue’s School of Materials Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
