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PETER L. FRENCH
University of South Florida
5700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
(941) 359-4504
french@sar.usf.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in International Relations, Yale University, 1969
M.A. in International Relations, Yale University, 1961
B.A. in History (Honors), Moravian College, 1960

APPOINTMENTS:

Post-Retirement:

2002- Associate Vice-President and Dean for Academic Affairs, University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee Campus and Professor of Africana Studies
2001-2002 Associate Dean, University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee Campus
2000-2001 Interim Associate Dean, University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee Campus, Sarasota, Florida
1999-2000 Interim Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio

Career Appointments:

1994-1999 President and Professor of Government, Newberry College, Newberry South Carolina
1992-1994 Professor of Government, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York
1983-1992 Provost/Vice-President for Academic Affairs & Professor of Government, Mercy College
1975-1983 Associate Professor of Government (tenured), St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
1970-1975 Assistant Professor of Government, St. Lawrence University
1969-1970 Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1965-1969 Instructor in Political Science, Maxwell School of Public Affairs/Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
1964-1965 Administrative Assistant to the Financial Secretary and Secretary to the East African Industrial Licensing and Research Boards, The East African Common Services Organization of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya

TRUSTEESHIPS and BOARDS:

Member, Board of Trustees, Manatee Educational TV, 2002-Present; President, Newberry College Foundation, 1995-2000; Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, '97-99; Member, South Carolina Research Authority '97-'99 (appointed by the Governor); Member, Board of Directors of the Lutheran Education Conference of North America, '98-'99; Chairman, Council of Presidents of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, '97-'99; Member, United Way of the Carolina Midlands, '97-'99; Chairman, United Way of Newberry County Annual Campaign, '97-'98; Member of Board of Economic Alliance of Carolina Midlands '96'98; Member, The Newberry Opera House Foundation '95-'99; Trustee, Moravian College, '86-'94, served on Committees on Academic Affairs, Finance and Institutional Advancement; Member, United Way of Westchester County, NY, '87-'92.

CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE:

Consultant in higher education management, practices, development and institutional evaluation: The Presidential Registry- interim appointments to senior administrative posts (beginning June 1999), Council of Independent Colleges, the New York State Education Department's Office of College and University Evaluation, the United Negro College Fund, and The Phelps Stokes Fund. Development Counsel to the Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC. Earlier consultancies: Senior Consultant for Technical Consultants International, Nairobi, Kenya, serving the World Bank (IBRD), UN Development Program, US Agency for International Development (USAID), UNESCO, UNIDO, the US Peace Corps, The Duke Endowment and Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and the US Department of Education.

SCHOLARLY AWARDS and RECOGNITION:

1999 - Appointed President Emeritus of Newberry College; 1985 - Galileo Medal presented by Faculty of Juridical and Political Science, University of Pisa, Italy; 1981 Appointment from the President of Kenya to participate in designing Moi University; 1976-77 - Mellon Foundation Field Research Grant; 1975-76 - Owen D. Young Inaugural Recipient as Outstanding Faculty Member, St. Lawrence University; 1976 - Annual National Security Seminar, U. S. Army War College, Carlisle Pennsylvania;1964-65 - Ford Foundation Africa-Asia Public Service Fellow; 1963-64 Yale Council on International Relations Research Fellow; 1962-63 - Junior Sterling Fellow and Junior Fellow, Branford College, Yale University, 1961-62 Yale University Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1961-60 - M.E. Jones Scholar; 1956-60 - Gannett Foundation Scholar.


 

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